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US 10,677,298 · App. 16/193,967 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Method of learning touch point of dual clutch transmission

Inventor: Min-Hyo Kim (Gwangju-si, KR)
Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,677,298
App. No.
16/193,967
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of learning a touch point of a dual clutch transmission (DCT), and more particularly, to a DCT touch point learning method in which a touch point is learned based on a difference between a virtual input shaft speed and a clutch non-drive shaft input speed using a virtual input shaft reference speed calculated based on the speed of a traveling vehicle. In a traveling situation in which the touch point cannot be learned using the non-drive shaft according to the related art because the input shaft behavior of the non-drive shaft is rotationally synchronized with the input shaft behavior of the drive shaft by drag characteristics of the DCT, a virtual input shaft speed may be calculated, and the touch point of the clutch may be learned using the virtual input shaft speed.

Claims (18)

1. A method of learning a touch point of a dual clutch transmission, the method comprising:

checking, at a learning section check step, a learning section in which a clutch touch point is required to be learned;

calculating, at a virtual gear ratio calculation step, a virtual gear ratio using a current vehicle speed and a tire diameter;

calculating, at a virtual input shaft speed calculation step, a virtual input shaft speed using the virtual gear ratio calculated through the virtual gear ratio calculation step;

applying, at a torque application step, a torque to a non-drive shaft such that a non-drive shaft speed is equal to an engine speed;

determining, at a touch point learning determination step, whether to learn a touch point depending on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

determining and storing, at a touch point update step, a newly learned touch point, wherein the newly learned touch point is determined using the virtual input shaft speed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein checking the learning section comprises:

checking, at a non-drive shaft speed change check step, whether the non-drive shaft rotates at a constant speed;

checking, at a vehicle speed change check step, whether a change in speed of a traveling vehicle is maintained; and

checking, at a difference value check step, a difference between the engine speed and the non-drive shaft speed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the virtual gear ratio comprises setting the virtual gear ratio (T GearRat-vir ) using a current vehicle speed VSP and an actual non-drive shaft speed (Ni local ) corresponding to the current vehicle speed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the virtual input shaft speed comprises calculating the virtual input shaft speed on the basis of a gear ratio that is virtually set.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to learn the touch point comprises:

comparing, at a speed difference comparison step, the non-drive shaft speed to the virtual input shaft speed derived through the virtual input shaft speed calculation step; and

determining, at a clutch position determination step, whether a clutch position is less than or equal to a predetermined reference.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising correcting, at a clutch position learning amount correction step, a position learning amount of a clutch after a condition is satisfied after the touch point learning determination step.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein correcting the position learning amount of the clutch comprises performing correction by applying a correction value to the position learning amount of the clutch according to the speed of the non-drive shaft and a change in speed of the non-drive shaft.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
To: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055092/0734 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: KIM, MIN-HYO
To: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047530/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0162975 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190162251A1 · May 30, 2019