Method for controlling a hybrid drive

• US 8,651,998 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2007
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schenk, Rene, Kaefer, Oliver, Juenemann, Thorsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Bishop, Erin D
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HUAN G
• Application Number:
  US12/304,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20100056328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,380 Days
• Field of Search: 477/5, 477174-176, 477/180, 477/181, 701/68, 903/912, 903/914
• US Class Current: 477/5
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2006/268 Electric drive motor starts the engine, i.e. used as starter motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/02 including control of driveline clutches
• 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 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/40 Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0052 Filtering, filters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/0241 Clutch slip, i.e. difference between input and output speeds
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/025 Clutch slip, i.e. difference between input and output speeds
• 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 method is for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, which includes at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine, having a first clutch situated between the electric machine and the drive train of the vehicle and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine. In the method, a predefinable clutch torque is applied to the second clutch for a start of the internal combustion engine by the operating electric machine, the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is monitored, and the clutch torque is incremented to a higher value if the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is less than a predefinable threshold value within a predefinable time interval.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, having at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, comprising:

applying a predefinable clutch torque to the second clutch for a start of the internal combustion engine by the operating electric machine;

monitoring a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine; and

incrementing the clutch torque to a higher value if the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is less than a predefinable threshold value within a predefinable time interval, wherein the clutch torque resulting in a successful start of the internal combustion engine is predefined as a setpoint value for a subsequent start of the internal combustion engine.

2. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, having at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, comprising:

applying a predefinable clutch torque to the second clutch for a start of the internal combustion engine by the operating electric machine;

monitoring a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine; and

incrementing the clutch torque to a higher value if the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is less than a predefinable threshold value within a predefinable time interval, wherein, for the start of the internal combustion engine, a setpoint value of a slip torque is predefined and a timing element predefining a time interval is simultaneously started, the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is monitored, and when the start speed of the internal combustion engine is reached before elapse of the time interval predefined by the timing element, the setpoint value is changed.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the setpoint value of the slip torque is reduced to a lower value.

4. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, having at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, comprising:

applying a predefinable clutch torque to the second clutch for a start of the internal combustion engine by the operating electric machine;

monitoring a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine; and

incrementing the clutch torque to a higher value if the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is less than a predefinable threshold value within a predefinable time interval, wherein, when a brief speed increase and a subsequent speed drop of the internal combustion engine is detected, a slip torque is immediately incremented to a higher value.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the values of the slip torque are saved in a characteristics map.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the values of the slip torque modified by adaptation are filtered in order to avoid extreme values.

7. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, including at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, comprising:

applying a predefinable clutch torque to the second clutch for a start of the internal combustion engine by the operating electric machine;

monitoring a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine; and

decrementing the clutch torque to a lower value if the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is greater than a predefinable threshold value within a predefinable time interval.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the clutch torque resulting in a successful start of the internal combustion engine is predefined as a setpoint value for a subsequent start of the internal combustion engine.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein, for the start of the internal combustion engine, a setpoint value of a slip torque is predefined and a timing element predefining a time interval is simultaneously started, the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is monitored, and when the start speed of the internal combustion engine is reached before elapse of the time interval predefined by the timing element, the setpoint value is changed.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setpoint value of the slip torque is reduced to a lower value.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein, when a brief speed increase and a subsequent speed drop of the internal combustion engine is detected, a slip torque is immediately incremented to a higher value.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the values of the slip torque are saved in a characteristics map.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the values of the slip torque modified by adaptation are filtered in order to avoid extreme values.

14. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, having at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, comprising:

when the first clutch is disengaged and thus the drive train of the vehicle is isolated from the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, increasing a slip value of the second clutch along a ramp until the internal combustion engine is started; and

saving the slip value of the second clutch corresponding to the start of the internal combustion engine and a corresponding torque of the electric machine as setpoint values.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, for the start of the internal combustion engine, a setpoint value of a slip torque is predefined and a timing element predefining a time interval is simultaneously started, the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is monitored, and when the start speed of the internal combustion engine is reached before elapse of the time interval predefined by the timing element, the setpoint value is changed.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the setpoint value of the slip torque is reduced to a lower value.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein, when a brief speed increase and a subsequent speed drop of the internal combustion engine is detected, a slip torque is immediately incremented to a higher value.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the values of the slip torque are saved in a characteristics map.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the values of the slip torque modified by adaptation are filtered in order to avoid extreme values.