IP Library Granted Patent US 12,275,310
Granted Patent B2
US 12,275,310 · App. 17/927,960 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Electric vehicle control method and system for switching drive control on motors

Inventor: Tomoyuki Manabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; AMPERE S.A.S.
B60L15/2036B60L9/18B60L2240/421B60L2240/423B60L2240/526
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Patent No.
US 12,275,310
App. No.
17/927,960
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric vehicle control method including using a first motor and a second motor as travel drive sources, performing drive control on the first motor by transmitting a first torque command value to a first inverter, and performing drive control on the second motor by transmitting a second torque command value to a second inverter, and performing switching control of switching, based on a required drive force, the drive control on the second motor by the second inverter between an ON state in which the drive control is performed and an OFF state in which the drive control is stopped, wherein a torque fluctuation amount generated in the second motor during the switching control is calculated based on a rotation speed of the second motor, and the first torque command value is corrected based on the torque fluctuation amount.

Claims (22)

1. An electric vehicle control method comprising:

using a first motor configured to drive a first driving wheel and a second motor configured to drive a second driving wheel, performing mode switching control switching between a first mode in which only the first motor operates and a second mode in which the first motor and the second motor operate based on input of a driver, performing drive control on the first motor by transmitting a first torque command value to a first inverter, and performing drive control on the second motor by transmitting a second torque command value to a second inverter; and

performing switching control of switching, based on the mode switching control, the drive control on the second motor by the second inverter between an ON state in which the drive control is performed and an OFF state in which the drive control is stopped, wherein

a torque fluctuation amount generated in the second motor during the switching control is calculated based on a rotation speed of the second motor, and

the first torque command value is corrected based on the torque fluctuation amount.

2. The electric vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second motor is a winding field type motor, and

in a case where the second inverter switches the drive control to the ON state when the second torque command value is larger than a first threshold value, and switches the drive control to the OFF state when the second torque command value is smaller than a second threshold value,

the torque fluctuation amount is calculated when the second torque command value is larger than the first threshold value or when the second torque command value is smaller than the second threshold value.

3. The electric vehicle control method according to claim 2 , wherein

the first torque command value is corrected based on the torque fluctuation amount when the second torque command value is larger than the first threshold value or when the second torque command value is smaller than the second threshold value.

4. The electric vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first driving wheel is a front wheel.

5. The electric vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein the second driving wheel is a rear wheel.

6. An electric vehicle control system comprising:

a first motor configured to drive a first driving wheel and a second motor configured to drive a second driving wheel;

a first inverter configured to perform drive control on the first motor;

a second inverter configured to perform drive control on the second motor; and

a motor controller configured to transmit a first torque command value to the first inverter and transmit a second torque command value to the second inverter, wherein

switching control of switching the drive control on the second motor by the second inverter between an ON state in which the drive control is performed and an OFF state in which the drive control is stopped is performed based on a mode switching control, and

the motor controller is configured to calculate a torque fluctuation amount generated in the second motor during the switching control based on a rotation speed of the second motor, and correct the first torque command value based on the torque fluctuation amount.

7. The electric vehicle control system according to claim 6 , wherein the first driving wheel is a front wheel.

8. The electric vehicle control system according to claim 6 , wherein the second driving wheel is a rear wheel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: AMPERE S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 067526/0311 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: MANABE, TOMOYUKI
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; RENAULT S. A. S.
Reel/Frame 061888/0620 →
Continuity (1)
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