IP Library Granted Patent US 9,199,628
Granted Patent B2
US 9,199,628 · App. 14/303,119 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Vehicle and control method for vehicle

Inventor: Kenji Uchida (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W10/08B60W10/10B60W20/00Y10S903/93
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Patent No.
US 9,199,628
App. No.
14/303,119
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter converts input DC power into AC power and supplies the AC power to a motor generator. An inverter control unit executes shutdown control for stopping power conversion by the inverter, when operation of the motor generator is not requested. A transmission control unit controls the transmission. When a state quantity related to a rotation speed of the motor generator increases to a prescribed quantity during execution of the shutdown control, the inverter control unit continues the shutdown control and the transmission control unit executes shift control for controlling the transmission to reduce the rotation speed of the motor generator.

Claims (31)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a rotating electric machine;

a transmission provided between said rotating electric machine and a driving wheel;

an inverter for converting input DC power into AC power and supplying the AC power to said rotating electric machine;

an inverter control unit for executing shutdown control for stopping power conversion by said inverter, when operation of said rotating electric machine is not requested; and

a transmission control unit for controlling said transmission, wherein

when a state quantity related to a rotation speed of said rotating electric machine increases to a prescribed quantity during execution of said shutdown control, said inverter control unit continues said shutdown control and said transmission control unit executes shift control for controlling said transmission to reduce the rotation speed of said rotating electric machine.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when said shutdown control is not in execution while said vehicle is running, said transmission control unit controls said transmission to execute shifting with output of driving force by said rotating electric machine.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

a triaxial power split device mechanically coupled to an output shaft of said internal combustion engine, a rotation shaft of said rotating electric machine and a drive shaft; and

an other rotating electric machine coupled to said drive shaft, wherein

said transmission is coupled between said drive shaft and said driving wheel, and

when said state quantity increases to said prescribed quantity in the case where, during execution of said shutdown control, said internal combustion engine is in a stop state and said vehicle is running by using driving force of said other rotating electric machine, said inverter control unit continues said shutdown control and said transmission control unit executes said shift control by using the driving force of said other rotating electric machine.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

an internal combustion engine coupled to a rotation shaft of said rotating electric machine, wherein

said transmission is coupled between the rotation shaft of said rotating electric machine and said driving wheel, and

when said state quantity increases to said prescribed quantity in the case where, during execution of said shutdown control, said vehicle is running by using driving force of said internal combustion engine, said inverter control unit continues said shutdown control and said transmission control unit executes said shift control.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when a value obtained by subtracting a counter-electromotive voltage of said rotating electric machine from a voltage of said DC power falls below a first prescribed value, said inverter control unit cancels said shutdown control,

when the value obtained by subtracting the counter-electromotive voltage of said rotating electric machine from the voltage of said DC power falls below a second prescribed value, said transmission control unit executes said shift control, and

said first prescribed value is smaller than said second prescribed value.

6. A control method for a vehicle,

said vehicle comprising:

a rotating electric machine;

a transmission provided between said rotating electric machine and a driving wheel; and

an inverter for converting input DC power into AC power and supplying the AC power to said rotating electric machine,

said control method comprising the steps of:

executing shutdown control for stopping power conversion by said inverter, when operation of said rotating electric machine is not requested; and

executing, while continuing said shutdown control, shift control for controlling said transmission to reduce a rotation speed of said rotating electric machine, when a state quantity related to the rotation speed of said rotating electric machine increases to a prescribed quantity during execution of said shutdown control.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2014
From: UCHIDA, KENJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033091/0714 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-150727 · Jul 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150025725A1 · Jan 22, 2015