IP Library Granted Patent US 9,533,686
Granted Patent B2
US 9,533,686 · App. 14/777,328 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Method and device for controlling the restarting of a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission

Inventors: Amine Gourara (Saint Germain les Arpajon, FR); Vincent Duvivier (Janville sur Juine, FR); Frederic Roudeau (Vitry sur Seine, FR)
Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
B60W30/18018B60W10/02B60W10/06B60W30/18027B60W2510/0657B60W2540/10B60W2540/12B60W2710/0666B60W2710/105
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Patent No.
US 9,533,686
App. No.
14/777,328
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling automatic restarting of a vehicle including an automatic transmission, when the driver releases a brake pedal or pushes an accelerator pedal, the method including: a first phase of cranking an engine during which engine torque starts to increase without being transmitted to wheels of the vehicle, followed by a second launching phase during which the engine torque is gradually transmitted to the wheels, wherein the engine torque is controlled at a torque set value to be transmitted to the wheels, satisfying a launching time objective.

Claims (22)

1. A control method for automatic restart of a vehicle including an automatic transmission when a brake pedal is released or when an accelerator pedal is pressed by a driver, the method comprising:

starting an engine during which engine torque begins to increase without being transmitted to wheels of the vehicle; and

progressively transmitting the engine torque to the wheels while being dependent on a torque instruction to be transmitted to the wheels which complies with an objective start time,

wherein authorization to take torque via a coupling system of the engine and the transmission is given to a transmission processor by an injection processor of the engine at a time at which effective engine torque has reached the torque instruction to be transmitted to the wheels.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission processor informs the injection processor of a coupling coefficient of the engine and the transmission.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission processor informs the injection processor of a request for modulation of a target engine torque.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a transmission coefficient is optimized from mappings established in accordance with engine speed, effective engine torque, target wheel torque, mass of the vehicle, and inclination.

5. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission processor modulates the torque instruction during a start phase until a coupling device reaches a maximum transmission coefficient thereof.

6. A control device for automatic restart of a vehicle including an automatic transmission when a brake pedal is released or when an accelerator pedal is pressed by the driver, the control device comprising:

an engine start control module in an injection processor to control a start, to inform a transmission processor of engine speed, effective engine torque, target engine torque, target wheel torque, and authorization to take torque at a time at which coupling begins,

wherein the transmission processor informs the engine start control module of a coupling coefficient of an engine and a transmission.

7. The control device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising an optimization module in the transmission processor for torque transmitted to wheels which transmits to the engine start control module of the injection processor a coupling coefficient of the transmission and a correction of a target engine torque instruction.

8. A control device for automatic restart of a vehicle including an automatic transmission when a brake pedal is released or when an accelerator pedal is pressed by the driver, the control device comprising:

an engine start control module in an injection processor to control a start, to inform a transmission processor of engine speed, effective engine torque, target engine torque, target wheel torque, and authorization to take torque at a time at which coupling begins, and

an optimization module in the transmission processor for torque transmitted to wheels which transmits to the engine start control module of the injection processor a coupling coefficient of the transmission and a correction of a target engine torque instruction

wherein the transmission processor informs the engine start control module of a coupling coefficient of an engine and a transmission, and

wherein optimization of a transmission coefficient is carried out by mappings in accordance with the engine speed, the effective engine torque, the target wheel torque, a mass of the vehicle, and inclination.

9. A control device for automatic restart of a vehicle including an automatic transmission when a brake pedal is released or when an accelerator pedal is pressed by the driver, the control device comprising:

an engine start control module in an injection processor to control a start, to inform a transmission processor of engine speed, effective engine torque, target engine torque, target wheel torque, and authorization to take torque at a time at which coupling begins, and

an optimization module in the transmission processor for torque transmitted to wheels which transmits to the engine start control module of the injection processor a coupling coefficient of the transmission and a correction of a target engine torque instruction

wherein the transmission processor informs the engine start control module of a coupling coefficient of an engine and a transmission, and

wherein the transmission processor comprises a transmission start control module.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: NEW H POWERTRAIN HOLDING, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 067099/0560 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: RENAULT S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 066761/0907 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: RENAULT S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 066700/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2015
From: GOURARA, AMINE; DUVIVIER, VINCENT; ROUDEAU, FREDERIC
To: RENAULT S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 036570/0383 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 13 52895 · Mar 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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