VEHICLE BODY VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20150151744A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: MOMOSE, Hirofumi, SAITO, Takashi, SASAKI, Shotaro, MORITA, Mitsuhiko
• Application Number:
  US14/554,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20150151744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/20 for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/20 angular
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/24 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/421 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/42 by adaptive correction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/145 Structure borne vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/30 for monitoring or controlling fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0054 Cut-off filters, retarders, delaying means, dead zones, threshold values or cut-off frequency
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/083 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/025 related to comfort of drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18127 Regenerative braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/20 Reducing vibrations in the driveline
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/06 Improving the dynamic response of the control system, e.g. improving the speed of regulation or avoiding hunting or overshoot
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/40 : Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle body vibration control device (10) for a vehicle, including a request driving force calculation unit (20) calculating driver'"'"'s request driving force, a driving unit (16) including an electric motor (EM) and applying driving force to a vehicle (12), a driving force control unit (22) controlling the driving unit based on a command driving force, and a notch filter (24) receiving a signal indicating the request driving force, processing the signal so as to reduce a frequency component of vibration of a vehicle body, and outputting the processed signal to the driving force control unit as a signal indicating the command driving force. The vehicle body vibration control device (10) further includes a notch filter control unit (26) variably setting a notch degree of the notch filter based on a shift position or a traveling mode unique to the vehicle including the electric motor.

Claims

1. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle, comprising:

a request driving force calculation unit configured to calculate a request driving force of a driver;

a driving unit configured to apply a driving force to the vehicle;

a driving force control unit configured to control said driving unit based on a command driving force; and

a notch filter configured to receive a signal indicating the request driving force from said request driving force calculation unit, subject the signal to filter processing, and output the signal subjected to the filter processing to said driving force control unit as a signal indicating the command driving force, the notch filter having a notch frequency set to a value for reducing a frequency component of vibration of a vehicle body,

wherein said driving unit comprises an electric motor and a driving force transmission unit configured to transmit a driving force generated by said electric motor to driving wheels,

wherein said driving force transmission unit is configured to switch, through a shifting operation performed by the driver, a driving force transmission position at least between a standard driving force transmission position and a deceleration driving force transmission position for generating a deceleration action by said electric motor, and

wherein said vehicle body vibration control device further comprises a notch filter control unit configured to variably set a notch degree of said notch filter in accordance with said driving force transmission position.

2. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the vehicle comprises a switch to be operated by the driver so as to switch a traveling mode of the vehicle,

wherein said switch is configured to switch the traveling mode at least between a standard traveling mode for setting a response of the driving force generated by said electric motor to a driving operation of the driver to be a standard response and a low-response traveling mode for setting the response of the driving force to be a response lower than the standard response, and

wherein said notch filter control unit is configured to variably set the notch degree of said notch filter in accordance with at least one of said driving force transmission position and said traveling mode.

3. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when said driving force transmission position is said deceleration driving force transmission position, said notch filter control unit sets the notch degree to a smaller value than a value of the notch degree when said driving force transmission position is said standard driving force transmission position.

4. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein when said traveling mode is said low-response traveling mode, said notch filter control unit sets the notch degree to a larger value than a value of the notch degree when said traveling mode is said standard traveling mode.

5. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises one of a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, and a fuel-cell vehicle.

6. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle comprises one of a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, and a fuel-cell vehicle.

7. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 3, herein the vehicle comprises one of a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, and a fuel-cell vehicle.

8. A vehicle body vibration control device for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle comprises one of a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, and a fuel-cell vehicle.