POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20200132190A1
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: MANTA, Hideto, KAMIYA, Mitsutoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,823,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2006/4825 Electric machine connected or connectable to gearbox input shaft
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/36 characterised by the transmission gearings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• 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 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 15/2054 by controlling transmissions or clutches
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/421 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/486 Operating parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/507 Operating parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• 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 10/10 including control of change-speed gearings
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/30 Control strategies involving selection of transmission gear ratio control of change speed gearings, together with other vehicle sub-units B60W10/10; HEV transmission gearing B60K6/36; gearings and control thereof F16H
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0057 Frequency analysis, spectral techniques or transforms
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/1015 Input shaft speed, e.g. turbine speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/104 Output speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/10 Change speed gearings
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/19 Improvement of gear change, e.g. by synchronisation or smoothing gear shift
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 29/06 : peculiar to engines driving electric generators
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 11/00 : Clutches in which the members have interengaging parts arrangements for synchronisation F16D23/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 48/06 : Control by electric or electronic means, e.g. of fluid pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/12 : using elastic members or friction-damping members, e.g. between a rotating shaft and a gyratory mass mounted thereon F16F15/14 , F16F15/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/2892 : other gears, e.g. worm gears, for transmitting rotary motion to the output mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/32 : Electric motors actuators or related electrical control means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 : Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 : Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

Provided is a power transmission control device capable of reliably performing engagement between an engagement member and a target engagement member, by operating the engagement member to slide by an actuator having an elastic member deformed by transmitting a load received by the engagement member. An actuator has an elastic member, and a control unit calculates the differential rotation between an engagement member and target engagement members on the basis of the detected rotation speeds of a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft, and makes differential rotation coincide with a predetermined differential rotation by adjusting the rotation speed of power sources. After the differential rotation coincides with the predetermined differential rotation, in establishing the engagement, the predetermined differential rotation sets the differential rotation on the basis of a natural frequency generated in conjunction between the actuator and the engagement member by the elastic member.

Claims

1. A power transmission control device comprising:

a first rotation shaft;

a power source provided to be able to adjust a rotation speed of the first rotation shaft;

a second rotation shaft which rotates in conjunction with an axle;

a first rotation speed detection unit which detects the rotation speed of the first rotation shaft;

a second rotation speed detection unit which detects a rotation speed of the second rotation shaft;

an engagement member which rotates integrally with one shaft of the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft and is provided to be movable in an axial direction with respect to the one shaft;

a target engagement member which is provided to be relatively rotatable with respect to the one shaft and rotates in conjunction with the other shaft of the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft;

an actuator which operates to move the engagement member in the axial direction; and

a control unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute

a differential rotation calculation process for calculating differential rotation between the engagement member and the target engagement member on the basis of the rotation speed of the first rotation shaft detected by the first rotation speed detection unit and the rotation speed of the second rotation shaft detected by the second rotation speed detection unit,

a differential rotation control process for making the differential rotation coincide with a predetermined differential rotation by adjusting a rotation speed of the power source, and

an engagement control process for operating the actuator to establish the engagement between the engagement member and the target engagement member, after the differential rotation coincides with the predetermined differential rotation by the differential rotation control process,

wherein the actuator has an elastic member which is deformed by transmitting a load received by the engagement member, and

wherein the rotation speed of the power source is adjusted so that the differential rotation coincides with the predetermined differential rotation which is set on the basis of a natural frequency generated in conjunction between the actuator and the engagement member by the elastic member, at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process.

2. The power transmission control device according to claim 1,

wherein the engagement member and the target engagement member are configured to engage with each other by spline coupling, and

wherein at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process,

the control unit

executes a frequency calculation process for calculating a spline frequency which is a value obtained by multiplying an absolute value of the difference rotation by the number of spline teeth of the spline coupling, and

sets the predetermined differential rotation so that a value after a decimal point of a value obtained by dividing the spline frequency calculated by the frequency calculation process by the natural frequency does not become 0.

3. The power transmission control device according to claim 2,

wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute a rotation acceleration calculation process for calculating a rotation acceleration of the second rotation shaft, which is an amount of change per unit time from the rotation speed of the second rotation shaft, and

wherein at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process, the control unit

sets the predetermined differential rotation so that a value obtained by dividing the spline frequency calculated by the frequency calculation process by the natural frequency is greater than a predetermined integer which is one of 0 and a positive integer, and is equal to or less than a value obtained by adding 0.5 to the predetermined integer, when the rotation acceleration of the second rotation shaft calculated by the rotation acceleration calculation process is a positive value, and

sets the predetermined differential rotation so that a value obtained by dividing the spline frequency calculated by the frequency calculation process by the natural frequency is equal to or greater than a value obtained by adding 0.5 to the predetermined integer among 0 and a positive integer and is smaller than a value obtained by adding 1.0 to the predetermined integer, when the rotation acceleration of the second rotation shaft calculated by the rotation acceleration calculation process is a negative value.

4. The power transmission control device according to claim 3,

wherein the actuator has a motor which drives the actuator,

wherein the power transmission control device includes:

a current monitoring unit which monitors a current flowing through the motor; and

a storage unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute a frequency storage process for detecting a frequency of the current and storing the frequency in the storage unit, when a periodic vibration having a predetermined amplitude occurs in the current monitored by the current monitoring unit, while operating the actuator so that the engagement member and the target engagement member are engaged at the time of execution of the engagement control process, and

wherein the control unit performs correction of the predetermined differential rotation on the basis of the frequency of the current stored by the vibration storage process, at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process.

5. The power transmission control device according to claim 2,

wherein the actuator has a motor which drives the actuator,

wherein the power transmission control device includes:

a current monitoring unit which monitors a current flowing through the motor; and

a storage unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute a frequency storage process for detecting a frequency of the current and storing the frequency in the storage unit, when a periodic vibration having a predetermined amplitude occurs in the current monitored by the current monitoring unit, while operating the actuator so that the engagement member and the target engagement member are engaged at the time of execution of the engagement control process, and

wherein the control unit performs correction of the predetermined differential rotation on the basis of the frequency of the current stored by the vibration storage process, at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process.

6. The power transmission control device according to claim 1,

wherein the actuator has a motor which drives the actuator,

wherein the power transmission control device includes:

a current monitoring unit which monitors a current flowing through the motor; and

a storage unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute a frequency storage process for detecting a frequency of the current and storing the frequency in the storage unit, when a periodic vibration having a predetermined amplitude occurs in the current monitored by the current monitoring unit, while operating the actuator so that the engagement member and the target engagement member are engaged at the time of execution of the engagement control process, and

wherein the control unit performs correction of the predetermined differential rotation on the basis of the frequency of the current stored by the vibration storage process, at the time of execution of the differential rotation control process.