IP Library Granted Patent US 9,981,663
Granted Patent B2
US 9,981,663 · App. 15/022,070 · Granted May 29, 2018

Control device for vehicle

Inventors: Satoshi Yamanaka (Susono, JP); Takahiro Yokokawa (Susono, JP); Yoshio Ito (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,981,663
App. No.
15/022,070
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a vehicle includes: a coasting control unit configured to, during normal traveling at a low speed within a predetermined range, cause a vehicle to travel through inertia by blocking power transmission between an engine and driving wheels by disengaging a power transmitting/blocking device that includes a first engaging portion connected to the engine and a second engaging portion connected to the driving wheels, and by stopping the engine; and a return control unit configured not to full-engage the power transmitting/blocking device while the engine is cranking by a motor in a case of returning from coasting traveling to normal traveling and to full-engage the power transmitting/blocking device after the motor stops.

Claims (7)

1. A control device for a vehicle, comprising:

a coasting control unit configured to, during normal traveling at a low speed within a predetermined range and when detecting brake release by a driver, cause a vehicle to travel through inertia by blocking power transmission between an engine and driving wheels by disengaging a power transmitting/blocking device that includes a first engaging portion connected to the engine and a second engaging portion connected to the driving wheels, and by stopping the engine; and

a return control unit configured not to full-engage the power transmitting/blocking device while the engine is cranking by a starter motor in a case of returning from coasting traveling to normal traveling and to full-engage the power transmitting/blocking device after the motor stops,

wherein the return control unit is configured to inhibit the power transmitting/blocking device from being fully-engaged at a timing when a state is changed from a rotation speed of the first engaging portion (Nt)<a rotation speed of the second engaging portion (Nin) to Nt=Nin in a case of returning from deceleration start and stop traveling to normal traveling.

2. The control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case of returning from coasting traveling to normal traveling, the return control unit does not full-engage the power transmitting/blocking device when the starter motor of the engine is in drive, and fully-engages the power transmitting/blocking device after the starter motor stops.

3. The control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the motor is a rotation motor which generates at least a first driving force for causing a vehicle to travel and a second driving force for raising the rotation speed of the engine in a stopped state that is provided between the engine and the power transmitting/blocking device, the return control unit, when returning from coasting traveling to normal traveling, does not fully-engage the power transmitting/blocking device when the second driving force of the rotation motor is being output.

4. The control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the return control unit is configured to inhibit the power transmitting/blocking device from being fully-engaged at the timing when the state is changed from Nt<Ni to Nt=Nin, and then configured to fully-engage the power transmitting/blocking device at a timing when a state is changed from Nt>Nin to Nt=Nin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2016
From: YAMANAKA, SATOSHI; YOKOKAWA, TAKAHIRO; ITO, YOSHIO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037986/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-195946 · Sep 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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