DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
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Abstract
A drive controller for hybrid vehicles, the hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a motor which is able to assist the driving force from the engine; an automatic clutch mechanism which is able to engage/disengage the transmission of the driving force between the engine and the motor; an automatic transmission disposed downstream of the motor; a filter for collecting particulates in exhaust gas; and a controller for controlling operations of these devices, wherein the controller operates in such a way that, for regenerating the filter, the idling speed while the vehicle is halted is set higher, and the predetermined rotational speed for initiating the clutch engagement is set higher than the rotational speed at the time of non-regeneration of the filter in light of increase in the engine rotational speed for the fast-idle control.
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16 Claims
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7. A drive controller for hybrid vehicles, the hybrid vehicle comprising:
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a diesel engine mounted on a vehicle;
a motor generator connected in series with said diesel engine which is able to assist the driving force of said diesel engine;an automatic clutch mechanism connected between said diesel engine and said motor generator which is able to engage/disengage the transmission of the driving force between said diesel engine and said motor generator; an automatic transmission that varies the rotation speed of said motor generator or said diesel engine; a filter for collecting particulates in exhaust gas from said diesel engine; and a controller for controlling operations of said diesel engine, said motor generator, said automatic clutch mechanism and said automatic transmission, wherein said controller operates in such a way that, for starting off of the vehicle, the vehicle is made to start off only by the driving force from said motor generator (2) with said automatic clutch mechanism (3) disengaged, and said automatic clutch mechanism is engaged after an engine rotational speed synchronization control is carried out, by which the engine rotational speed (Ne) is controlled to be synchronized to a target engine rotational speed (Nt′
) calculated on the basis of the clutch rotational speed (Nt), on the condition that the difference between the target engine rotational speed (Nt′
) and the engine rotational speed (Ne) is equal to or larger than a predetermined synchronization-judgement threshold when the clutch rotational speed (Nt) reaches a predetermined rotational speed (N3), andfor regenerating said filter, a fast-idle control by which the idling speed of said diesel engine is kept higher than that at non-regeneration of said filter is carried out while the vehicle stops when the vehicle speed is detected, and the predetermined rotational speed (N3) is set at a rotational speed (N2) which is higher than that at non-regeneration of said filter. - View Dependent Claims (9, 11, 13, 15)
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8. A drive controller for hybrid vehicles comprising:
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a diesel engine mounted in a vehicle; a motor generator provided in series with said diesel engine which is able to assist the driving force of said diesel engine; an automatic clutch mechanism provided between said diesel engine and said motor generator which is able to engage/disengage the transmission of driving force between said diesel engine and said motor generator; an automatic transmission that varies the rotation speed of said motor generator or said diesel engine; a filter for collecting particulates in exhaust gas from said diesel engine; and a controller for controlling operations of said diesel engine, said motor generator, said automatic clutch mechanism and said automatic transmission, wherein said controller operates in such a way that, for starting off of the vehicle, the vehicle is made to start off only by the driving force from said motor generator with said automatic clutch mechanism disengaged, and said automatic clutch mechanism is engaged after an engine rotational speed synchronization control is carried out, by which the engine rotational speed (Ne) is controlled to be synchronized to a target engine rotational speed (Nt′
) calculated on the basis of the clutch rotational speed (Nt), on the condition that the difference between the target engine rotational speed (Nt′
) and the engine rotational speed (Ne) is equal to or larger than a predetermined synchronization-judgement threshold when the clutch rotational speed (Nt) reaches a predetermined rotational speed (N3), andfor regenerating said filter, a fast-idle control by which the idling speed of said diesel engine is kept higher than that at non-regeneration of said filter is carried out while the vehicle stops and the fast-idle control is maintained even after the vehicle speed is detected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 14, 16)
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