IP Library Granted Patent US 10,189,459
Granted Patent B2
US 10,189,459 · App. 15/309,730 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Method for operating a vehicle

Inventor: Andreas Kopp (Kösching, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
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Patent No.
US 10,189,459
App. No.
15/309,730
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has at least one torque transmission device which when rotating splashes in a fluid, at least two axles each having at least two wheels and at least one controllable coupling device adapted for selectively coupling or decoupling the torque transmission device with at least one of the wheels. The method includes the steps of: in an operating state in which no torque is requested by a driver of the vehicle, decoupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel when a driving speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value and coupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel for torque transmission when the driving speed is smaller than the predetermined speed threshold value.

Claims (21)

1. A method for operating a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one torque transmission device which when rotating splashes in a fluid, at least two axles each having at least two wheels and at least one controllable coupling device adapted for selectively coupling or decoupling the torque transmission device with at least one of the wheels, said method comprising:

in an operating state in which no torque is requested by a driver of the vehicle, decoupling the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel when a driving speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value and coupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel for torque transmission when the driving speed is smaller than the predetermined speed threshold value and a temperature of the fluid is smaller than a predetermined temperature threshold value,

wherein the coupling device has an automated change speed transmission and the at least one torque transmission device is assigned to the automated change speed transmission for coupling the change speed transmission with a drive unit of the vehicle for torque transmission,

wherein the torque transmission device is configured for selectively coupling and decoupling the change speed transmission with the drive unit, and

further comprising in the operating state in which no torque request by the driver is present, controlling the at least one controllable clutch so that the change speed transmission and the drive unit are decoupled.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one torque transmission device is configured as a differential gear.

3. A method for operating a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one torque transmission device which when rotating splashes in a fluid, at least two axles each having at least two wheels and at least one controllable coupling device adapted for selectively coupling or decoupling the torque transmission device with at least one of the wheels, said method comprising:

in an operating state in which no torque is requested by a driver of the vehicle, decouplinq the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel when a driving speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value and coupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel for torque transmission when the driving speed is smaller than the predetermined speed threshold value and a temperature of the fluid is smaller than a predetermined temperature threshold value,

wherein the coupling device has an automated change speed transmission and the at least one torque transmission device is assigned to the automated change speed transmission for coupling the change speed transmission with a drive unit of the vehicle for torque transmission,

wherein the torque transmission device is configured for selectively coupling and decoupling the change speed transmission with the drive unit, and

wherein the at least one controllable clutch is configured as a friction clutch and is caused to assume a slip state when the driving speed is below the predetermined speed threshold value.

4. A method for operating a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one torque transmission device which when rotating splashes in a fluid, at least two axles each having at least two wheels and at least one controllable coupling device adapted for selectively coupling or decoupling the torque transmission device with at least one of the wheels, said method comprising:

in an operating state in which no torque is requested by a driver of the vehicle, decoupling the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel when a driving speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value and coupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel for torque transmission when the driving speed is smaller than the predetermined speed threshold value and a temperature of the fluid is smaller than a predetermined temperature threshold value,

wherein the coupling device has an automated change speed transmission and the at least one torque transmission device is assigned to the automated change speed transmission for coupling the change speed transmission with a drive unit of the vehicle for torque transmission, and

wherein the torque transmission device has at least one torque converter.

5. A method for operating a vehicle, said vehicle having at least one torque transmission device which when rotating splashes in a fluid, at least two axles each having at least two wheels and at least one controllable coupling device adapted for selectively coupling or decoupling the torque transmission device with at least one of the wheels, said method comprising:

in an operating state in which no torque is requested by a driver of the vehicle, decoupling the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel when a driving speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value and coupling with the control device the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel for torque transmission when the driving speed is smaller than the predetermined speed threshold value and a temperature of the fluid is smaller than a predetermined temperature threshold value,

wherein the coupling device has an automated change speed transmission and the at least one torque transmission device is assigned to the automated change speed transmission for coupling the change speed transmission with a drive unit of the vehicle for torque transmission, and

further comprising engaging a gear of the change speed transmission for a torque transmitting coupling of the torque transmission device and the at least one wheel.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the gear has a greatest possible transmission ratio.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the gear is also engaged when the driver selects a neutral position of the change speed transmission with an operating device or when a switching condition for switching the change speed transmission into the neutral position is satisfied, wherein the switching condition is dependent on operating conditions of the vehicle and is verified by a control device assigned to the change speed transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2016
From: KOPP, ANDREAS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 040257/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 006 898 · May 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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