IP Library Granted Patent US 7,761,224
Granted Patent B2
US 7,761,224 · App. 12/496,814 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Drive train

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Patent No.
US 7,761,224
App. No.
12/496,814
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive train, for a motor vehicle that has a drive unit controlled by a control device, a driveshaft and an element, which is operatively connected to the drive shaft and is driven by the same. At least one state value of the driven element is read into the control device, and a balancing of the cylinder of the drive unit is carried out utilizing the at least one state value.

Claims (21)

1. A drive train for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a drive unit which is controlled by a control unit having a plurality of cylinders;

a drive shaft; and

an element which is operatively connected thereto and is driven thereby,

wherein at least one state value of a driven element is read into a control unit and combustion misfires are detected with the at least one state value, and

wherein the driven element is registered analytically by means of the at least one state value as a state space model.

2. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein analytic data registration is carried out on a basis of experimentally determined data of the driven element.

3. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the state space model is inverted.

4. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an induced engine torque of the drive unit, which is to be adjusted and which is subjected to an interference torque through properties of the driven element, is at least partially reconstructed by means of a compensation variable which is determined from the at least one state value.

5. The drive train as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the induced engine torque is determined on an up-to-date basis.

6. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a model of the drive unit is integrated into the state space model of the driven element.

7. The drive train as claimed in claim 6 , wherein analytic data registration is carried out on a basis of data of a modeled, driven element.

8. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for each cylinder combustion energy is determined from induced torque.

9. The drive train as claimed in claim 8 , wherein, when work of one cylinder drops below a predefined value, a flag, a counter and/or a fault memory are activated.

10. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the at least one state value are combined in a state space.

11. The drive train as claimed in claim 10 , wherein input variables, which characterize movement of the driven element, are input into the state space, and, in order to determine induced engine torque characteristic variables, are formed and output.

12. The drive train as claimed in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the input variables is a rotational speed.

13. The drive train as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the driven element is a two-mass flywheel which is mounted on the drive unit, with a primary side which is connected to the drive shaft and a secondary side which is connected by means of a clutch to a transmission which is arranged downstream of the flywheel.

14. The drive train as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least rotational speeds of the primary and secondary sides are used as input variables.

15. The drive train as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a nonlinearized behavior of the two-mass flywheel is linearized.

16. The drive train as claimed in claim 15 , wherein linearization is carried out by differentiating nonlinear movement equations at a predefined working point.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2013
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 029864/0985 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2009
From: JONES, STEPHEN; PENNEC, BERTRAND; WALTER, ANDREAS; WINKLER, THOMAS
To: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Reel/Frame 022907/0395 →