Control method for a transmission in a vehicle

• US 9,346,455 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Park, Sung Ho, Park, Hyung Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hlavka, David J
• Application Number:
  US14/102,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20150066318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• Field of Search: 701/54
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/11 Stepped gearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0414 by retarder control
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0403 Synchronisation before shifting
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 63/50 Signals to an engine or motor

Abstract

A control method for a vehicle transmission includes, in a TCU, receiving the rpm of an engine from an rpm sensor and determining whether to perform shifting of gears depending on the received rpm, when the shifting of gears is determined, allowing the TCU to control an ECU to cut off fuel supplied to the engine combustion chamber and to release a clutch connecting the engine and the transmission, after the control action is performed, monitoring a change in pressure of engine cylinders and allowing engine braking action to be activated, and when the rpm is reduced to a predefined value or less after the engine braking action, performing a shifting action.

Claims

1. A control method for a transmission in a vehicle, the method comprises:

a shift-determination stage performed by a transmission control unit (TCU), the shift-determination stage including receiving the rpm of an engine from an rpm sensor and determining whether to perform shifting of gears depending on the received rpm;

wherein while the shifting of gears is determined in the shift-determination stage, an ECU-control stage allowing the TCU to control an engine control unit (ECU) to cut off fuel supplied to a combustion chamber by controlling a fuel injector and to release a clutch connecting an engine and a transmission;

wherein after the control action in the ECU-control stage, an engine-braking stage monitoring a change in pressure of engine cylinders and allowing engine braking action to be activated by controlling an exhaust valve to be opened; and

wherein while the rpm is reduced to a predefined value or less after the engine-braking stage, a shift-stage performing a shift action.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the rpm sensor is provided in the transmission.

3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the shift-determination stage comprises comparing the rpm received from the rpm sensor with a reference rpm at the shifting of gears which is stored in the TCU, and, when the received rpm is equal to or higher than the reference rpm, performing the shift action in a subsequent stage.

4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the engine-braking stage comprises monitoring the change in pressure in the engine cylinders and activating the engine braking action on the engine cylinder that changes in pressure during a compression stroke.

5. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the engine braking action is sequentially and repeatedly performed on the plurality of engine cylinders such that a reduction in rpm required for the shifting of gears is obtained.

6. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising an engine-brake release stage of, after the shifting action in the shift stage, in the TCU, controlling the ECU to release the engine braking action.