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Granted Patent B2
US 9,663,109 · App. 14/885,141 · Granted May 30, 2017

Vehicle clutch control method

Inventor: Young Min Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
B60W30/186B60W10/02B60W10/184B60W30/18063B60W30/18118B60W2510/186B60W2550/142
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Patent No.
US 9,663,109
App. No.
14/885,141
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle clutch control method includes an incline detecting step of detecting an incline of a road surface when the vehicle is in a creep hold state, a first determining step of determining whether the detected incline is greater than a first set value, and a first control step of opening the clutch and operating an electronic stability program (ESP) brake when the incline is greater than the first set value.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicle clutch control method comprising:

an incline detecting step of detecting an incline of a road surface when a vehicle is in a creep hold state;

a first determining step of determining whether the detected incline is greater than a first set value; and

a first control step of opening a clutch and operating an electronic stability program (ESP) brake when the incline is greater than the first set value.

2. The vehicle clutch control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a mode determining step of determining whether the vehicle is in the creep hold state, before the incline detecting step.

3. The vehicle clutch control method according to claim 2 , wherein in the mode determining step, when a torque detected in the clutch is equal to or greater than a constant value and a vehicle speed is detected as 0, the vehicle is determined to be in a creep hold state.

4. The vehicle clutch control method of claim 2 , wherein, in the mode determining step, when a parking brake that is a braking device provided in the vehicle separately from the ESP is turned ON, the vehicle is determined to be in a normal state.

5. The vehicle clutch control method of claim 1 , further comprising a second determining step of determining whether the incline is greater than a second set value, when the incline is equal to or smaller than the first set value as a result of performing the first determining step, wherein the second set value is set to be smaller than the first set value.

6. The vehicle clutch control method of claim 5 , further comprising a second control step of maintaining a slip state of the clutch, when the incline is greater than the second set value.

7. The vehicle clutch control method of claim 5 , further comprising a third control step of opening the clutch, when the incline is equal to or smaller than the second set value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2015
From: YOON, YOUNG MIN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 036843/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0065854 · May 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160332627A1 · Nov 17, 2016