Method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point, wherein the adaptation of the characteristic curve is based on at least one input variable, the at least one input variable comprises at least one of an engine rpm-rate (nengine), an effective engine torque (Mengine), and a clutch actuator position (Xclutch), wherein at least one delay block (T) is used for the adaptation of said characteristic curve, and wherein said delay block serves to compensate for a time offset due to differences in the speed of detection and transmission of different input variables.
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Abstract
A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle includes the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system. The adaptation is performed under at least one set of operating conditions that are represented by an operating point.
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1. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point, wherein the adaptation of the characteristic curve is based on at least one input variable, the at least one input variable comprises at least one of an engine rpm-rate (nengine), an effective engine torque (Mengine), and a clutch actuator position (Xclutch), wherein at least one delay block (T) is used for the adaptation of said characteristic curve, and wherein said delay block serves to compensate for a time offset due to differences in the speed of detection and transmission of different input variables.
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2. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point, wherein an adaptation algorithm is used for the adaptation of said characteristic curve, and wherein the adaptation algorithm performs adaptations of signals and parameters depending on the current operating point of the vehicle, wherein the adaptation algorithm employs at least one correction term, wherein the at least one correction term comprises a correction for the rotary acceleration (dω
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engine/dt) of the engine which serves to avoid a divergence between the model values and the actual values. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point, wherein an adaptation algorithm is used for the adaptation of said characteristic curve, and wherein the adaptation algorithm performs adaptations of signals and parameters depending on the current operating point of the vehicle, wherein the adaptation algorithm employs at least one correction term, wherein the at least one correction term comprises an engine torque correction value (Δ
- Mengine), which serves to take signal errors of the engine torque (Mengine) into account.
- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- 12. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point, wherein in the adaptation of the characteristic curve, a second adaptation is superimposed on a first adaptation, wherein the second adaptation comprises evaluating at least the shape of the characteristic curve.
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15. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point;
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wherein the adaptation of the characteristic curve comprises; during a slip phase of the clutch, computing a clutch torque based on an engine torque and on a rotary acceleration of the engine, and comparing the computed clutch torque to a stored characteristic curve; and
wherein a torque equilibrium at the automated clutch is represented by the equation;
Jengine*dω
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engine/dt=Mengine−
Mclutch,wherein Jengine stands for a moment of inertia of the engine, dω
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engine/dt stands for a rotary acceleration of the engine, Mengine stands for the engine torque, and Mclutch stands for the clutch torque, wherein a clutch torque to be used in controlling the clutch and a torque error are calculated through the equation;
Mclutch,control=Mclutch+Δ
Mclutch
Δ
M=Mclutch,control=(Mengine−
Jengine*dω
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engine/dt)wherein Mclutch,control stands for the clutch torque value used by the control unit and Δ
M represents the torque error.- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of controlling an automated clutch of a vehicle, comprising the step of adapting a characteristic curve of the clutch through an electronic clutch management system, wherein the adaptation is performed under at least one suitable set of operating conditions, said suitable set of operating conditions being represented by at least one suitable operating point;
- wherein the adaptation of the characteristic curve comprises;
during a slip phase of the clutch, computing a clutch torque based on an engine torque and on a rotary acceleration of the engine, and comparing the computed clutch torque to a stored characteristic curve; and
wherein an integrating method is used in the adaptation of the characteristic curve, wherein the integrating method comprises integration of torque signals to determine a model engine rpm-rate through the equation;wherein ω
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engine,model=model engine rpm-rate.- View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- wherein the adaptation of the characteristic curve comprises;
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