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US 9,989,110 · App. 15/273,371 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Method for searching touch point of DCT clutch

Inventor: Min-Hyo Kim (Gunpo-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,989,110
App. No.
15/273,371
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for searching a touch point of a clutch in a dual clutch transmission, including: (a) a step of checking whether a touch point searching condition for a non-driving clutch and a driving clutch is met or not; (b) when the search condition of the step (a) is met, a step of detecting a searching point at which an absolute value of a difference between an acceleration value of an engine and an acceleration value of the driving clutch is larger than a threshold value after applying a position value of the non-driving clutch to the engine; and (c) a step of determining a position of the non-driving clutch corresponding to the searching point as the touch point.

Claims (8)

1. A method for searching a touch point of a clutch in a dual clutch transmission, comprising:

(a) a step of checking, by a controller, whether a touch point searching condition for a non-driving clutch and a driving clutch is met;

(b) when the searching condition of the step (a) is met, a step of detecting, by the controller, a searching point at which an absolute value of a difference between an acceleration value of an engine and an acceleration value of the driving clutch is larger than a threshold value after applying a torque of the non-driving clutch to the engine;

(c) a step of determining, by the controller, a position of the non-driving clutch corresponding to the searching point as the touch point; and

(d) engaging, by the controller, the driving clutch and the non-driving clutch according to the detected position of the non-driving clutch.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the step (c), the touch point is determined by adding an offset compensation value corresponding to a torque of the engine to the position of the non-driving clutch corresponding to the searching point.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the step (a), when the non-driving clutch is engaged with the driving clutch in a slip control state, the touch point searching condition is met.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, in the step (b), searching the touch point is stopped when there is no change in the acceleration value of the engine in spite of applying the torque of the non-driving clutch to the engine.

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 Sep 22, 2016
From: KIM, MIN-HYO
To: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039836/0908 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0134625 · Sep 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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