Hybrid car

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9932040-B2
Application number	US-201615135592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 23, 2015
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A hybrid car includes an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a planetary gear, a disconnecting mechanism, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the engine and the first motor such that the first motor gives the engine a damping torque of the same phase as a pulsating component of a torque of the engine and the first motor starts the engine by cranking the engine when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for traveling. The electronic control unit is configured to control the engine and the first motor such that the first motor starts the engine by cranking the engine without the first motor giving the engine the damping torque of the same phase when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for non-traveling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid car comprising:
an engine;
a first motor configured to input and output power;
a second motor configured to input and output power to and from an intermediate shaft;
a planetary gear including three rotating elements each connected to a rotary shaft of the first motor, an output shaft of the engine, and the intermediate shaft, the planetary gear being configured such that the rotary shaft, the output shaft, and the intermediate shaft are arranged in the order of the rotary shaft, the output shaft, and the intermediate shaft in a nomogram of the planetary gear;
a disconnecting mechanism configured to execute connection and disconnection between the intermediate shaft and a driving shaft connected to an axle; and
an electronic control unit configured to control the disconnecting mechanism such that the intermediate shaft and the driving shaft are connected to each other when a shift position is a position for traveling, the electronic control unit being configured to control the disconnecting mechanism such that the intermediate shaft and the driving shaft are disconnected from each other when the shift position is a position for non-traveling, the electronic control unit being configured to control the engine and the first motor such that the first motor gives the engine a damping torque of the same phase as a pulsating component of a torque of the engine and the first motor starts the engine by cranking the engine when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for traveling, and the electronic control unit being configured to control the engine and the first motor such that the first motor starts the engine by cranking the engine without the first motor giving the engine the damping torque of the same phase when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for non-traveling,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control the engine and the first motor such that the first motor gives the engine a damping torque opposite in phase to the pulsating component of the torque of the engine and the first motor starts the engine by cranking the engine when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for non-traveling,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control the first motor and the second motor such that the first motor outputs a torque equivalent to a sum of a basic torque for cranking the engine and the damping torque of the same phase and the second motor outputs a cancel torque for cancelling a torque acting on the intermediate shaft in accordance with the basic torque from the first motor when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for traveling and the electronic control unit is configured to control the first motor and the second motor such that the first motor outputs a torque equivalent to a sum of the basic torque and the damping torque of the opposite phase and the second motor outputs the cancel torque when the engine is started with the shift position being the position for non-traveling.

2. The hybrid car according to claim 1 ,
wherein the damping torque of the same phase satisfies the following equation,

Tm
⁢

⁢
1
⁢
v

=

(

1
+
ρ

ρ

·

Im
⁢

⁢
1

Ie

)

·
Tev

and wherein the damping torque of the opposite phase satisfies the following equation,
Tm 1 v=−Tev

in which ρ is a gear ratio of the planetary gear, Ie is a moment of inertia of the engine, Im 1 is a moment of inertia of the first motor, Tev is the pulsating component of the torque of the engine, and Tm 1 v is the damping torque of the same phase or the opposite phase of the first motor.

3. The hybrid car according to claim 1 ,
wherein the disconnecting mechanism is a stepped transmission interposed between the intermediate shaft and the driving shaft.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Masaya

Classifications

• B60W30/20 Primary

  Reducing vibrations in the driveline · CPC title

• B60K6/547

  the transmission being a stepped gearing · CPC title

• B60W10/10

  including control of change-speed gearings · CPC title

• Y10S903/919

  Stepped shift · CPC title

• B60W30/18054

  at stand still, e.g. engine in idling state (hill holding B60W30/18118) · CPC title