Driving control device of vehicle

• US 20030109970A1
• Filed: 12/05/2002
• Published: 06/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takehiko, Wakuta, Satoru, Mano, Yasunori, Nakamori, Yukinori
• Granted Patent: US 6,647,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/365 with the gears having orbital motion
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/547 the transmission being a stepped gearing
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/421 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/485 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/107 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/081 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/0047 the gear ratios comprising five forward speeds
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/201 with three sets of orbital gears
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2200/2025 using a Ravigneaux set with 5 connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/663 with conveying rotary motion between axially spaced orbital gears, e.g. RAVIGNEAUX
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0025 Supply of control fluid; Pumps therefore
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0031 using auxiliary pumps, e.g. pump driven by a different power source than the engine
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/903 having energy storing means, e.g. battery, capacitor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/919 Stepped shift

Abstract

A driving control device of a vehicle including an automatic transmission with a hydraulic control device which hydraulically controls an engagement of the frictional engagement element, a mechanical oil pump which is driven by the engine and supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic control device and an electric oil pump which supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic control device and a motor connected to the mechanical oil pump and transmitting the driving force to the automatic transmission, wherein the electric oil pump supplies oil to the hydraulic control device at an engine automatic stopping control time at which the driving of the engine is automatically stopped after the vehicle stops and a predetermined condition is established and the motor is driven so that said mechanical oil pump supplies the oil to the hydraulic control device during the engine automatic stopping control at a time when the electric oil pump can not be driven.

Claims

1. A driving control device of a vehicle, comprising:

an automatic transmission that transmits a driving force of an engine to a wheel by engaging a frictional engagement element, comprising;

a hydraulic control device which hydraulically controls an engagement of the frictional engagement element;

a mechanical oil pump which is driven by the engine and supplies hydraulic pressure to said hydraulic control device, and

an electric oil pump which supplies hydraulic pressure to said hydraulic control device; and

a motor connected to said mechanical oil pump and transmitting the driving force to the automatic transmission, wherein said electric oil pump supplies oil to said hydraulic control device at an engine automatic stopping control time at which the driving of the engine is automatically stopped after the vehicle stops and a predetermined condition is established and said motor is driven so that said mechanical oil pump supplies the oil to said hydraulic control device during said engine automatic stopping control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

2. The driving control device according to claim 1, wherein the time when said electric oil pump can not be driven corresponds to at least one of a time when an oil temperature of a working fluid used in said automatic transmission is a low oil temperature lower than the oil temperature at a time when said electric oil pump is normally used, a time when the oil temperature of the working fluid is a high oil temperature higher than the oil temperature of said normal use and a time when said electric oil pump fails.

3. The driving control device according to claim 1, wherein the oil is supplied to said hydraulic control device by driving said motor at a predetermined speed so as to drive said mechanical oil pump during said engine automatic stop control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

4. The driving control device according to claim 3, wherein said predetermined speed is set to a speed other than a resonance point of said engine.

5. The driving control device according to claim 3, wherein at a time of said engine automatic stop control, said electric oil pump is driven at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a first set speed, the driving of said electric oil pump is stopped at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a second set speed after said electric oil pump is driven, and said first and second set speeds are set to be smaller than said predetermined speed.

6. The driving control device according claim 1, wherein the hydraulic pressure maintained by said hydraulic control device is set to a hydraulic pressure necessary for engaging the frictional engagement element engaged at a starting time.

7. The driving control device according to either claim 2, wherein the oil is supplied to said hydraulic control device by driving said motor at a predetermined speed so as to drive said mechanical oil pump in said engine automatic stop control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

8. The driving control device according to claim 7, wherein said predetermined speed is set to a speed other than a resonance point of said engine.

9. The driving control device according to claim 7, wherein at a time of said engine automatic stop control, said electric oil pump is driven at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a first set speed, the driving of said electric oil pump is stopped at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a second set speed after said electric oil pump is driven, and said first and second set speeds are set to be smaller than said predetermined speed.

10. A method of supplying oil to an automatic transmission which transmits a driving force of an engine of a vehicle to a wheel by engaging a frictional engagement element, a hydraulic control device which hydraulically controls an engagement of the frictional engagement element, a mechanical oil pump which is driven by the engine and supplies hydraulic pressure to said hydraulic control device and an electric oil pump which supplies hydraulic pressure to said hydraulic control device with a motor connected to said mechanical oil pump, and transmitting the driving force to the automatic transmission, comprising:

supplying the oil with the electric oil pump to said hydraulic control device at an engine automatic stopping control time at which the driving of the engine is automatically stopped after the vehicle stops and a predetermined condition is established; and

driving said motor so that said mechanical oil pump supplies the oil to said hydraulic control device during said engine automatic stopping control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the time when said electric oil pump can not be driven corresponds to at least one of a time when an oil temperature of a working fluid used in said automatic transmission is a low oil temperature lower than the oil temperature at a time when said electric oil pump is normally used, a time when the oil temperature of the working fluid is a high oil temperature higher than the oil temperature of said normal use and a time when said electric oil pump fails.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the oil is supplied to said hydraulic control device by driving said motor at a predetermined speed so as to drive said mechanical oil pump during said engine automatic stop control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said predetermined speed is set to a speed other than a resonance point of said engine.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein at a time of said engine automatic stop control, said electric oil pump is driven at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a first set speed, the driving of said electric oil pump is stopped at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a second set speed after said electric oil pump is driven, and said first and second set speeds are set to be smaller than said predetermined speed.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the hydraulic pressure maintained by said hydraulic control device is set to a hydraulic pressure necessary for engaging the frictional engagement element engaged at a starting time.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the oil is supplied to said hydraulic control device by driving said motor at a predetermined speed so as to drive said mechanical oil pump in said engine automatic stop control at a time when said electric oil pump can not be driven.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said predetermined speed is set to a speed other than a resonance point of said engine.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein at a time of said engine automatic stop control, said electric oil pump is driven at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a first set speed, the driving of said electric oil pump is stopped at a time when the speed of said engine becomes a second set speed after said electric oil pump is driven, and said first and second set speeds are set to be smaller than said predetermined speed.