IP Library Granted Patent US 12676564
Granted Patent B2
US 12676564 · App. 18/272,280 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Method and control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel vehicle

Inventor: Florian Schnappauf (Hattenhofen, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H02P5/50B60K17/356B60K23/0808B60L15/20B60K2023/0816B60L2220/42B60L2240/423B60L2260/24B60L2260/28
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12676564
App. No.
18/272,280
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel vehicle having a first electric drive motor assigned to a primary axle and a second electric drive motor assigned to a secondary axle, including a control unit configured such that, when a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified based on the driver request gradient during a operating mode with the first motor activated and the second motor deactivated for a predefined time window, an overall setpoint moment characteristic predefined by a new driver request is ascertained. This is set, in accordance with an axle distribution factor that is likewise predefined, by reducing the setpoint moment of the primary motor and by activating and increasing the setpoint moment of the secondary motor, even when the predefined overall setpoint moment characteristic lies below a maximum possible moment of the primary motor.

Claims (25)

1 . A control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel drive vehicle having a first electric drive motor assigned to a primary axle and a second electric drive motor assigned to secondary axle, the control device comprising:

at least one electronic control unit configured to:

when a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of a driver-input gradient during an operating mode with the first electric drive motor activated and the second electric drive motor deactivated for a predefined time window, ascertain a total target torque curve predefined by a new driver input, wherein the total target torque curve is set in accordance with an axle distribution factor that is likewise predefined, by reducing a target torque of the first electric drive motor and by activating and increasing a target torque of the second electric drive motor,

wherein the switching-on of the magnetic field of the second electric drive motor, and thereby the delay time, are started upon detection of at least one of an increased load on the first electric drive motor or a changeover from coasting to traction on a basis of the driver input.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured such that:

when activation of the second electric drive motor is required starting from a switched-off magnetic field of the second electric drive motor, a required magnetization time is predetermined as a predefined delay time, wherein the first electric drive motor solely provides the required total target torque for the duration of the predefined delay time, and wherein after the predefined delay time are the target torques of both the first electric drive motor and the second electric drive motor synchronously set in accordance with the axle distribution factor.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of the driver-input gradient when the current driver-input gradient exceeds a predefined threshold value.

4 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predefined total target torque curve is determined depending on the driver-input gradient and depending on a difference between the target torque predefined by the driver input and the currently available torque of the first electric drive motor.

5 . An electronic control unit comprising the control device according to claim 1 .

6 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by a control device for a roadbound all-wheel drive vehicle having a first electric drive motor assigned to a primary axle and a second electric drive motor assigned to secondary axle, cause the control device to:

when a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of a driver-input gradient during an operating mode with the first electric drive motor activated and the second electric drive motor deactivated for a predefined time window, ascertain a total target torque curve predefined by a new driver input, wherein the total target torque curve is set in accordance with an axle distribution factor that is likewise predefined, by reducing a target torque of the first electric drive motor and by activating and increasing a target torque of the second electric drive motor,

wherein the switching-on of the magnetic field of the second electric drive motor, and thereby the delay time, are started upon detection of at least one of an increased load on the first electric drive motor or a changeover from coasting to traction on a basis of the driver input.

7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the control device, cause the control device to operate such that:

when activation of the second electric drive motor is required starting from a switched-off magnetic field of the second electric drive motor, a required magnetization time is predetermined as a predefined delay time, wherein the first electric drive motor solely provides the required total target torque for the duration of the predefined delay time, and wherein after the predefined delay time are the target torques of both the first electric drive motor and the second electric drive motor synchronously set in accordance with the axle distribution factor.

8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the control device, cause the control device to operate such that:

a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of the driver-input gradient when the current driver-input gradient exceeds a predefined threshold value.

9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the control device, cause the control device to operate such that:

the predefined total target torque curve is determined depending on the driver-input gradient and depending on a difference between the target torque predefined by the driver input and the currently available torque of the first electric drive motor.

10 . A control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel drive vehicle having a first electric drive motor assigned to a primary axle and a second electric drive motor assigned to secondary axle, the control device comprising:

at least one electronic control unit configured to:

when a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of a driver-input gradient during an operating mode with the first electric drive motor activated and the second electric drive motor deactivated for a predefined time window, ascertain a total target torque curve predefined by a new driver input, wherein the total target torque curve is set in accordance with an axle distribution factor that is likewise predefined, by reducing a target torque of the first electric drive motor and by activating and increasing a target torque of the second electric drive motor,

wherein a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified on a basis of the driver-input gradient when the current driver-input gradient exceeds a predefined threshold value.

11 . The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured such that:

when activation of the second electric drive motor is required starting from a switched-off magnetic field of the second electric drive motor, a required magnetization time is predetermined as a predefined delay time, wherein the first electric drive motor solely provides the required total target torque for the duration of the predefined delay time, and wherein after the predefined delay time are the target torques of both the first electric drive motor and the second electric drive motor synchronously set in accordance with the axle distribution factor.

12 . The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the predefined total target torque curve is determined depending on the driver-input gradient and depending on a difference between the target torque predefined by the driver input and the currently available torque of the first electric drive motor.