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Granted Patent B2
US 12,090,861 · App. 18/437,905 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Electric vehicle

Inventors: Akiko Nishimine (Susono, JP); Yoichiro Isami (Mishima, JP); Yoshio Itou (Susono, JP); Hiroyuki Amano (Susono, JP); Tatsuya Imamura (Okazaki, JP); Hiroaki Ebuchi (Hadano, JP); Hiroaki Kodera (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L15/20B60K26/02G06F30/20H02P6/08B60K2001/001B60K2026/025B60L2250/00B60L2260/24B60L2260/46G06F2111/10
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Patent No.
US 12,090,861
App. No.
18/437,905
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.

Claims (21)

1. An electric vehicle configured to use an electric motor as a power device for traveling, the electric vehicle comprising:

a pseudo-gearshift; and

a controller configured to switch an operation mode of the electric motor between a first operation mode and a second operation mode,

wherein the controller is configured to execute:

when controlling the electric motor in the first operation mode, limiting an upper limit torque of the electric motor to different magnitudes for each shift position of the pseudo-gearshift, and

when controlling the electric motor in the second operation mode, not performing the limiting of the upper limit torque based on operation of the pseudo-gearshift.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an operation mode selector configured to switch the operation mode between the first operation mode and the second operation mode,

wherein the controller is configured to control the electric motor in accordance with the operation mode selected by the operation mode selector.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the operation mode selector is a touch panel type human machine interface.

4. An electric vehicle configured to use an electric motor as a power device for traveling, the electric vehicle comprising:

an accelerator pedal;

a pseudo-gearshift; and

a controller configured to switch an operation mode of the electric motor between a first operation mode and a second operation mode,

wherein the controller is configured to execute:

when controlling the electric motor in the first operation mode, changing a torque characteristic of the electric motor with respect to operation of the accelerator pedal in accordance with operation of the pseudo-gearshift, and

when controlling the electric motor in the second operation mode, changing the torque characteristic of the electric motor in accordance with the operation of the accelerator pedal regardless of the operation of the pseudo-gearshift.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising:

an operation mode selector configured to switch the operation mode between the first operation mode and the second operation mode,

wherein the controller is configured to control the electric motor in accordance with the operation mode selected by the operation mode selector.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the operation mode selector is a touch panel type human machine interface.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-135122 · Aug 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17349406 · Jun 16, 2021
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