ANTI ROLL BACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE

• US 20090298642A1
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Choi, Kumlim
• Application Number:
  US12/477,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20090298642A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 477/4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/443 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/642 Slope of road
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/26 by pedal actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/22 Standstill, e.g. zero speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/122 for locking of reverse movement
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/02 including control of driveline clutches
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/184 with wheel brakes
• 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 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18109 Braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18118 Hill holding
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

An anti roll back (ARB) control system and an ARB control method are provided, which can prevent a hybrid vehicle, of which the clutch disposed between the driving wheel and the engine is open when the vehicle stops, from being unexpectedly moving downward when the vehicle is restarted on a slope.

Claims

1. An anti roll back (ARB) control system for a hybrid vehicle, the system comprising:

a hold switch that maintains, when turned on, the braking state of the vehicle even when the brake of the vehicle is released;

an inclination sensor that senses the inclination of a road surface on which the vehicle stops;

an ARB unit that maintains brake hydraulic pressure, until a clutch of the vehicle is engaged after the brake is released; and

a control unit that receives signals from the hold switch and the inclination sensor, and controls the ARB unit according to the received signals.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

an accelerator position sensor that senses an accelerator position state; and

a brake pedal sensor that senses a brake pedal state,

wherein the control unit receives signals from the accelerator position sensor and the brake pedal sensor, and controls the ARB unit according to the received signals.

3. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein if the hold switch is turned on, the accelerator position sensor is turned on, and the ARB unit is in ON-state, the control unit maintains the ARB unit in ON-state.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein if the inclination of the road surface on which the vehicle stops is small, the control unit turns off the ARB unit according to the signal transmitted from the inclination sensor after a short time passes from the time of brake-off or accelerator position-on, and

if the inclination of the road surface on which the vehicle stops is large, the control unit turns off the ARB unit according to the signal transmitted from the inclination sensor after a long time passes from the time of brake-off or accelerator position-on.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the control unit receives vehicle speed and transmission signals, and controls the ARB unit according to the received signals.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the ARB unit so that time when the ARB unit is turned off varies according to the inclination of the road surface sensed by the inclination sensor.

7. A method of controlling an anti roll back (ARB) unit of a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising:

(a) determining whether the ARB unit is in OFF-state;

(b) determining whether a hold switch is in ON-state if it is determined in step (a) that the ARB unit is not in OFF-state in step;

(c) determining whether an ON-signal is transmitted from the accelerator position sensor if it is determined in step (b) that the hold switch is in ON-state; and

(d) maintaining the ARB unit in ON-state if it is determined in step (c) that if the ON-signal is not transmitted from the accelerator position sensor.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, further comprising:

turning off the ARB unit after a predetermined time passes, if it is determined in step (c) that the ON-signal is transmitted from the accelerator position sensor,

wherein the predetermined time varies according to the inclination of a road surface on which the vehicle stops.

9. The method as defined in claim 8, wherein if the inclination is small, the ARB unit is turned off after a short time passes from the time of brake-off or accelerator position-on, and

if the inclination is large, the ARB unit is turned off after a short long passes from the time of brake-off or accelerator position-on.

10. The method as defined in claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether a road surface on which the vehicle stops is a level surface if it is determined in step (b) that the hold switch is not in ON-state; and

turning off the ARB unit if it is determined that the road surface on which the vehicle stops is a level surface.

11. The method as defined in claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the brake is in OFF-state if it is determined that the road surface on which the vehicle stops is not a level surface; and

turning off the ARB unit after a predetermined time passes if it is determined that the brake is in OFF-state,

wherein the predetermined time varies according to the inclination of the road surface.

12. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein further comprising:

determining whether the brake is in ON-state, whether the vehicle stops, and whether the transmission of the vehicle is in D or R stage if it is determined that the ARB unit is in OFF-state in step (a); and

turning on the ARB unit if it is determined that the brake is in the ON-state, the vehicle stops, and the transmission is in D or R stage.