Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

• US 20050003927A1
• Filed: 07/01/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Minoru, Hanada, Kohei, Wakashiro, Teruo, Asakawa, Masanobu, Niki, Manabu
• Granted Patent: US 6,892,128 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 477/3
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/443 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/26 for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/13 in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/0657 Engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0616 Position of fuel or air injector
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0666 Engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/917 with transmission for changing gear ratio

Abstract

An FI/AT/MGECU in a control unit calculates an EV travel capable battery terminal discharge power which is the dischargeable power from a battery during EV travel which is travel under the driving force from the motor, according to a state of charge of the battery and a vehicle travelling speed. Based on the calculated EV travel capable battery terminal discharge power and a predetermined limit value, an energy management charge-discharge required battery terminal power is calculated. Then an energy management charge-discharge required torque corresponding to the energy management charge-discharge required battery terminal power, that is the motor torque capable of being output, is calculated based on; a predetermined PDU-MOT overall efficiency efima which is the conversion efficiency of the electric power and the motive power between the power drive unit and the motor, a rotation frequency of the motor, and a predetermined torque limit value for protecting the motor.

Claims

1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which comprises an internal-combustion engine and a motor as a power source, and a power storage unit which transfers electric energy with said motor, and at least one of said internal-combustion engine and said motor is connected to driving wheels of the vehicle through a transmission so as to transmit a driving force to said driving wheels, wherein said control apparatus comprises:

a motor chargeable-dischargeable torque calculating device which calculates a motor chargeable-dischargeable torque which is the motor torque capable of being output from said motor corresponding to the chargeable-dischargeable power in said power storage unit, according to the energy state in high voltage electrical equipment constituting said power storage unit and accessories;

a fuel supply canceling device which cancels the fuel supply to said internal-combustion engine in the case where a target torque with respect to a crank end torque which is the torque at the shaft end of the crankshaft, of the power plant torque output from the power plant comprising said internal-combustion engine and said motor, is less than a value obtained by adding said motor chargeable-dischargeable torque and a minimum engine torque capable of being output from said internal-combustion engine; and

a motor required torque setting device which sets a motor required torque which is a required value with respect to said motor torque according to said target torque when the fuel supply to said internal-combustion engine is cancelled by said fuel supply cancellation.

2. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, comprising;

a power storage unit state detecting device which detects the state of said power storage unit;

a vehicle state detecting device which detects the state of said vehicle;

an EV travel determination device which determines whether it is possible to execute EV travel which makes the vehicle travel under the driving force of said motor by means of discharge power of said power storage unit or not, based on the state of said power storage unit detected by said power storage unit state detecting device and the state of said vehicle detected by said vehicle state detecting device;

a power calculating device which calculates the dischargeable power at input-output terminals of said power storage unit in an executing state of said EV travel according to the energy state of said high voltage electrical equipment and the travelling state of the vehicle;

an upper limit motor torque calculating device which calculates an EV travel capable upper limit motor torque which is an upper limit in the executing state of said EV travel by calculating a value obtained by subtracting the power consumption of said accessories from said dischargeable power, using the conversion efficiency of the electric power and the motive power; and

an EV travel controlling device which controls said EV travel in the case where the execution of EV travel is approved by said EV travel determination device and said target torque is less than the value obtained by adding said EV travel capable upper limit motor torque and said minimum engine torque.