Control device for hybrid vehicle

• US 6,949,897 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2002
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ozono, Kazuya, Matsubara, Atsushi, Kayano, Morio, Wakashiro, Teruo, Shibutani, Atsushi, Nakamoto, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ip, Paul
• Application Number:
  US10/489,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20040232861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 318/139, 318140-149, 318/430, 318/434, 318/34, 318/445, 318/473, 180/65.1, 180/65.2, 180/65.3, 180/65.4, 290/40.C, 701/22, 320/132
• US Class Current: 318/139
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/543 the transmission being a continuously variable transmission
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/10 for monitoring or controlling batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/107 with endless flexible members
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/24 including control of energy storage means
• 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 20/10 Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/244 Charge state
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/087 Power change rate
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Abstract

A control device for a hybrid vehicle which enables an appropriate electrical control based on the usable electrical energy stored in the battery device. In this control device, in step S357, in which it is determined whether the value of an energy storage zone B flag F_ ESZONEB is “1”. When the result of the determination is “Yes”, the operation proceeds to step S358. In step in step S358, the WOT assist amount lowest coefficient KQBWOASTL, which increases as the use-permission zone PECAPFIB of the state of charge SOC increases, is retrieved from a table. In step in step S359, the WOT assist amount coefficient,KQBWOAST, which increases from the lowest table value KQBWOASTL to a predetermined highest value as the state of charge SOC increases, is retrieved from a table, and a value obtained by multiplying the WOT assist command WOTAST and the WOT assist amount coefficient KQBWOAST retrieved from the table is newly set as the WOT assist command WOTAST.

Claims

1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor for driving said vehicle, and a battery device storing electrical energy converted, by said motor, from a part of the output of said engine or the kinetic energy of said vehicle, said control device comprising:

a control pattern setting section for classifying a state of charge of said battery device into predetermined zones and for setting a specific control pattern for each of said predetermined zones;

a state of charge calculating section for calculating the state of charge of said battery device and calculating a use-permission zone with respect to the state of charge;

an assist amount setting section for setting an amount of power assist provided by said motor for assisting the output of said engine depending on said control pattern set by said control pattern setting section; and

an assist amount correcting section for correcting the amount of power assist in accordance with the width of said use-permission zone calculated by said state of charge calculating section.

2. A control device according to claim 1, wherein said control pattern setting section sets a temporary use zone, as one of said predetermined zones, between a charging and discharging permission zone in which both charging and discharging are permitted, and a discharging restriction zone in which charging is permitted and discharging is restricted, and wherein, in said temporary use zone, the amount of assist setting section sets the amount of power assist in accordance with the state of charge calculated by said state of charge calculating section.

3. A control device according to claim 2, wherein the lower the state of charge, the lower the amount of power assist is set by said assist amount setting section sets.

4. A control device according to claim 2, wherein said assist amount correcting section alters the minimum value of the amount of power assist, which is to be set by said assist amount setting section in accordance with the state of charge, in accordance with the width of said use-permission zone calculated by said state of charge calculating section.

5. A control device according to claim 1, wherein the wider said use-permission zone, the greater the minimum value of the amount of power assist is set by said assist amount correcting section.