Active vibration isolating support apparatus

• US 8,632,061 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2010
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nemoto, Hirotomi
• Primary Examiner(s): Siconolfi, Robert A
• Assistant Examiner(s): HSIAO, JAMES K
• Application Number:
  US12/731,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20100244341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 26714014-14015, 702/54, 702/56
• US Class Current: 267/140.14
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 5/1283 Adjustable supports, e.g. the mounting or the characteristics being adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 5/1291 Supports comprising stoppers
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 13/268 comprising means for acting dynamically on the walls bounding an equilibration chamber F16F13/264 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/002 characterised by the control method or circuitry control of mechanical oscillations per se G05D19/00

Abstract

In a so-called motoring state at the time of engine starting before actuating engine, there is a problem that a roll vibration, which is generated when an engine revolution speed Ne is at a predetermined engine revolution speed and vibrates the engine and the vehicle body largely, can not be suppressed. For this reason, the present invention provides an active vibration isolating support apparatus in which the roll vibration can be suppressed in the motoring state at the time of engine starting.

Claims

1. An active vibration isolating support apparatus in which an engine is elastically supported in a vehicle body, and a controller estimates a vibrational state of the engine based on an output from a sensor to detect a revolution change of the engine and drives an actuator to extend and contract so as to suppress transmission of vibration, comprising:

a motoring state detecting unit configured to detect that the engine is in a motoring state at the time of the engine starting before actuating the engine;

a natural roll vibration detecting unit configured to detect occurrence of a natural roll vibration based on a detected revolution speed of the engine when the motoring state detecting unit detects that the engine is in the motoring state; and

a natural roll vibrational state information obtaining unit configured to obtain a natural roll vibrational state information based on an increasing rate in the revolution speed of the engine when the natural roll vibration detecting unit judges that the natural roll vibration has been started,

wherein the natural roll vibrational state information maps a relationship between the increasing rate in the engine revolution speed and a natural roll vibration period such that the smaller the increasing rate in the engine revolution speed, the longer the natural roll vibration period,

wherein natural roll vibration suppression control is performed based on the obtained natural roll vibrational state information when the motoring state detecting unit detects that the engine is in the motoring state, and wherein the natural roll vibrational state information includes a period determination map of the natural roll vibration and a control gain determination map of the natural roll vibration which are preset based on the increasing rate in the revolution speed.

2. The active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store natural roll vibration controlling data for first and second cycles of the natural roll vibration in advance,

wherein when an occurrence of the natural roll vibration of the engine is detected, the natural roll vibration suppression control is performed for the first and second cycles of the natural roll vibration using the stored natural roll vibration controlling data, and

the natural roll vibration suppression control is performed for third and subsequent cycles of the natural roll vibration depending on the natural roll vibrational state information obtained for the first and second cycles.

3. The active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 1, wherein the natural roll vibration detecting unit is further configured to detect an occurrence of the natural roll vibration when the detected revolution speed of the engine becomes a predetermined threshold value.

4. The active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 1, wherein the natural roll vibration state information obtaining unit is further configured to obtain the natural roll vibrational state information which depends on the increasing rate of the revolution speed of the engine during a period of time of a predetermined length immediately before a point in time that the revolution speed of the engine becomes a predetermined threshold value.

5. A method for controlling an active vibration isolating support apparatus in which an engine is elastically supported in a vehicle body, and a controller estimates a vibrational state of the engine based on an output from a sensor to detect a revolution change of the engine and drives an actuator to extend and contract so as to suppress transmission of vibration, the method comprising:

detecting that the engine is in a motoring state at the time of the engine starting before actuating the engine;

detecting an occurrence of a natural roll vibration based on a detected revolution speed of the engine subsequent to detecting that the engine is in the motoring state;

obtaining natural roll vibrational state information based on an increasing rate in the revolution speed of the engine upon the detection of the occurrence of the natural roll vibration; and

performing natural roll vibration suppression control based on the obtained natural roll vibrational state information,

wherein the natural roll vibrational state information includes a period determination map of the natural roll vibration and a control gain determination map of the natural roll vibration which are preset based on the increasing rate in the revolution speed

wherein the natural roll vibrational state information maps a relationship between the increasing rate in the engine revolution speed and a natural roll vibration period such that the smaller the increasing rate in the engine revolution speed, the longer the natural roll vibration period.

6. The method for controlling an active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

storing natural roll vibration controlling data for first and second cycles of the natural roll vibration in advance,

wherein when an occurrence of the natural roll vibration of the engine is detected, the natural roll vibration suppression control is performed for the first and second cycles of the natural roll vibration using the stored natural roll vibration controlling data, and

the natural roll vibration suppression control is performed for third and subsequent cycles of the natural roll vibration depending on the natural roll vibrational state information obtained for the first and second cycles.

7. The method for controlling an active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 5, wherein the detection of the occurrence of the natural roll vibration included determining that the detected revolution speed of the engine becomes a predetermined threshold value.

8. The method for controlling an active vibration isolating support apparatus of claim 5, wherein the obtaining of the natural roll vibrational state information depends on the increasing rate of the revolution speed of the engine during a period of time of a predetermined length immediately before a point in time that the revolution speed of the engine becomes a predetermined threshold value.