IP Library Granted Patent US 11,597,472
Granted Patent B2
US 11,597,472 · App. 17/402,143 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Control device of gear transmission-equipped vehicle and method of controlling gear transmission-equipped vehicle

Inventors: Kengo Ueda (Kobe, JP); Hiroyuki Watanabe (Kobe, JP); Kazuki Arima (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62M11/06B62M25/08F16H3/006F16H59/46F16H61/66272F16H61/688F16H63/18
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Patent No.
US 11,597,472
App. No.
17/402,143
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of a gear transmission-equipped vehicle includes a power controller that starts power reduction control when it is determined that a start condition is satisfied, the power reduction control being control of reducing power transmitted from a driving source to a gear transmission. The start condition includes: a condition that a detection value of a gear position sensor that detects a current gear position of the gear transmission falls within a transition region between engagement regions corresponding to respective gear positions; and a condition that a speed difference obtained by subtracting a rotational speed of an output shaft of the gear transmission from a rotational speed of an input shaft of the gear transmission is a threshold or more.

Claims (16)

1. A control device of a gear transmission-equipped vehicle, the gear transmission-equipped vehicle including a driving source and a gear transmission that changes a rotational speed of power output from the driving source,

the control device comprising:

a condition determiner that determines whether or not a predetermined start condition is satisfied; and

a power controller that starts power reduction control when the condition determiner determines that the start condition is satisfied, the power reduction control being control of reducing the power transmitted from the driving source to the gear transmission, wherein

the start condition includes

a condition that a detection value of a gear position sensor that detects a current gear position of the gear transmission falls within a transition region between engagement regions corresponding to respective gear positions, and

a condition that a speed difference obtained by subtracting a rotational speed of an output shaft of the gear transmission from a rotational speed of an input shaft of the gear transmission is a threshold or more.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the start condition includes a condition that magnitude of the power transmitted from the driving source to the gear transmission is a predetermined lower limit or more.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the start condition includes a condition that magnitude of the power transmitted from the driving source to the gear transmission is a predetermined upper limit or less.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the start condition includes a condition that a main clutch interposed between the driving source and the gear transmission is in an engaged state.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the start condition includes a condition that the detection value of the gear position sensor falls within a non-neutral region.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition determiner sets the threshold such that the threshold increases as a rotational speed of the driving source decreases.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the condition determiner further determines whether or not a predetermined termination condition is satisfied; and

when the termination condition is satisfied during execution of the power reduction control, the power controller terminates the power reduction control.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the power controller terminates the power reduction control after a delay time has elapsed since the termination condition is satisfied during the execution of the power reduction control.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059630/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: UEDA, KENGO; WATANABE, HIROYUKI; ARIMA, KAZUKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057175/0791 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-171785 · Oct 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220111927A1 · Apr 14, 2022
Cited By (1)
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