JP2006256440A - Vehicle equipped with friction/regenerative braking means and controlling braking force distribution - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a braking force fore-and-aft distribution structure, and to enable braking force lateral distribution, by paying attention to a fact that a hydraulic supply and exhaust valve conventionally individually carrying out the supply/exhaust of braking oil pressure to a wheel cylinder of each wheel is provided in a braking hydraulic circuit of a vehicle, though a hydraulic system to a front wheel and a hydraulic system to a rear wheel are conventionally separated so as to variably distribute braking force into the front wheel and the rear wheel and each hydraulic system is provided with a hydraulic control valve in the vehicle such as an automobile. <P>SOLUTION: Fore-and-aft distribution control or lateral distribution control of braking force to each wheel is carried out by controlling the supply/exhaust the braking oil pressure to each wheel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle that includes friction braking means and regenerative braking means, and variably distributes braking force between a front wheel and a rear wheel or between a left wheel and a right wheel by braking force distribution control.

For vehicles that include friction braking means and regenerative braking means, and for which the distribution of braking force is controlled, the front wheel and rear wheel are each assigned to the front wheel and rear wheel with respect to the braking force sharing values of the front and rear wheels that are always In this case, the braking force sharing between the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means is determined so that the regenerative braking force is maximized, and when the anti-skid control is started or when the driver applies a sudden braking, the regenerative braking force is Patent Documents 1 and 2 below describe that the ratio of the friction braking force is increased by lowering the upper limit value.
JP 2002-95107 A JP 2002-356151 A

  In vehicles such as automobiles, variably distributing the braking force between the front and rear wheels or between the left and right wheels during braking is important in vehicle stability control that suppresses the vehicle from spinning and drifting out. It is. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a hydraulic circuit that constitutes a friction braking unit of a vehicle is configured by separating a hydraulic system for a front wheel and a hydraulic system for a rear wheel, and hydraulic control for controlling the distribution of braking force to each hydraulic system. A valve is provided.

  On the other hand, in this type of hydraulic circuit constituting the vehicle friction braking means, conventionally, hydraulic pressure supply / discharge of the braking hydraulic pressure to / from the wheel cylinder which exerts friction braking force on each of the front wheels and the rear wheels is conventionally performed. A drain valve is provided. Therefore, if the opening / closing of the hydraulic supply / discharge valve provided individually for each wheel cylinder is relatively controlled, not only the braking force can be distributed between the left wheel and the right wheel, but also the front wheel It eliminates the need to separate the hydraulic system and the hydraulic system for the rear wheels and provide a hydraulic control valve for controlling the distribution of braking force in each hydraulic system, thus simplifying the configuration of the braking hydraulic circuit and the cost required for it Can be reduced.

  The first object of the present invention is to simplify the friction braking means by paying attention to the above situation.

  However, in many cases, the current vehicle braking means include regenerative braking means, and the regenerative braking means cannot control the distribution of braking force unless a special device is added, and the actual distribution is predicted. Therefore, the regenerative braking means may disturb the front / rear or left / right distribution of the braking force, and the braking force distribution control may not be performed as scheduled.

  Accordingly, the present invention aims to simplify the friction braking means by paying attention to the above circumstances without impairing the accuracy of the braking force distribution control even when the vehicle braking means includes the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means. The second problem is to rationalize the vehicle braking means.

  In order to solve the above first problem, the present invention provides a vehicle in which the front wheels and the rear wheels can be braked by the friction braking means, and the front-rear distribution control of the braking force for the front wheels and the rear wheels is performed. A vehicle characterized by controlling the supply and discharge of braking hydraulic pressure to the friction braking means for each wheel, and a vehicle in which the left wheel and the right wheel can be braked by the friction braking means, respectively. Thus, the vehicle is characterized in that the left / right distribution control of the braking force to the left wheel and the right wheel is controlled by the supply / discharge of the braking hydraulic pressure to the friction braking means for each wheel. .

  In order to solve the above second problem, the present invention can further provide a vehicle that solves the above first problem, and each wheel can be braked by regenerative braking means in addition to the friction braking means. In this case, during the braking force front / rear distribution control or during the braking force left / right distribution control, the operation of the regenerative braking means is prohibited, and only the friction braking means is applied to the share of the braking force at each wheel. Or when either the front wheel or the rear wheel is braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means and the other can be braked only by the friction braking means, During the distribution control, the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means and the regenerative braking means for the wheels that can be braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means. It is proposed to operate the friction braking means with respect to the share of the braking force in a wheel that can be braked only by the friction braking means by cooperatively operating the braking means. It is.

  As described above, in a vehicle in which the front wheel and the rear wheel can be braked by the friction braking means, or a vehicle in which the left wheel and the right wheel can be braked by the friction braking means, respectively, If the front / rear distribution control of the braking force to the wheels or the left / right distribution control of the braking force to the left wheel and the right wheel is performed by controlling the supply and discharge of the braking hydraulic pressure to the friction braking means for each wheel, the friction braking for the vehicle In the hydraulic circuit that constitutes the means, normally, as the hardware, a hydraulic supply / discharge valve that individually supplies and discharges the braking hydraulic pressure to the wheel cylinder that exerts friction braking force on each wheel is already provided. Therefore, if the relativity for the front-rear distribution or the left-right distribution of the braking force is added to the control of the opening degree of these hydraulic supply / discharge valves, the electric control of the vehicle that controls these hydraulic control valves is performed. By simply adding a control program device, it is possible to control the distribution of braking force between the size at the same time front and rear wheels or between right and left wheels by controlling the braking force for each wheel.

  Further, when each wheel can be braked by the regenerative braking means in addition to the friction braking means, the operation of the regenerative braking means is prohibited during the braking force front-rear distribution control or the braking force left-right distribution control, If only the friction braking means is operated for each brake force share in each wheel, a special device is added to distribute the generation of the regenerative braking force to the regenerative braking means of each wheel. Even if this is not done, the inability to control the distribution of the regenerative braking force between the front and rear wheels or the left and right wheels by the regenerative braking means will disturb the front / rear distribution or the left / right distribution of the braking force. It can be avoided.

  Further, when either the front wheel or the rear wheel is braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means and the other can be braked only by the friction braking means, the friction braking means and In a wheel that can be braked by the regenerative braking means, the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means are cooperatively operated with respect to the share of the braking force, and can be braked only by the friction braking means. If the friction braking means is operated with respect to the sharing of the braking force at the wheel, even if the front wheel or the rear wheel includes the regenerative braking means, the regenerative braking means It is possible to avoid inconvenience that the front-rear distribution is disturbed.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a vehicle braking structure in which a front, rear, left, and right wheels can be braked by friction braking means and regenerative braking means in the case of a four-wheeled vehicle. In the figure, 10FL and 10FR are brake discs in the friction braking means for the left front wheel and the right front wheel, respectively, not shown in the figure, and 10RL and 10RR are the left rear wheel and not shown in the figure, respectively. This is a brake disk in the friction braking means for the right rear wheel. Further, 12FL, 12FR, 12RL, and 12RR are wheel cylinders in friction braking means for the left front wheel, the right front wheel, the left rear wheel, and the right rear wheel, respectively. Each of these wheel cylinders is supplied with hydraulic pressure to tighten a brake shoe or a pad with a strength corresponding to the hydraulic pressure, and brakes the wheel with a braking force corresponding to the tightening force.

  The front wheel cylinders 12FL, 12FR are provided with oil passages 18F, 18FL, 18FR and hydraulic supply valves 20FL, 20FR from a front chamber 16a of the master cylinder 16 that is pressurized in response to depression of the brake pedal 14 operated by the driver. After that, hydraulic pressure is supplied. Similarly, hydraulic pressure is supplied to the wheel cylinders 12RL and 12RR of the rear wheels from the rear chamber 16b of the master cylinder 16 through oil passages 18R, 18RL and 18RR, and hydraulic pressure supply valves 20RL and 20RFR. The hydraulic supply valves 20FL, 20FR, 20RL, and 20RR are normally open valves, and the hydraulic discharge valves 36FL, 36FR, 36RL, and 36RR, which will be described later, are normally closed valves. Is supplied in response to depression of the brake pedal.

  The wheel cylinders 12FL, 12FR, 12FL, and 12FR are also supplied with hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pump 22 through a supply-side oil passage 26 including a hydraulic control valve 24, a discharge-side oil passage 30 including a hydraulic control valve 28, and these oil passages. Via the oil passages 32 and 34 connecting the oil passages 18RR, 18RL, 18FR, and 18FL, the normally open hydraulic supply valves 20FL, 20FR, 20RL, and 20RR are selectively opened and closed and the normally closed hydraulic discharge valve 36FL is used. , 36FR, 36RL, and 36RR are supplied at a pressure controlled by selective opening and closing. The oil released through the hydraulic discharge valves 36FL, 36FR, 36RL, and 36RR is returned to the oil reservoir 40 through the return oil passage 38 and becomes an oil source of the hydraulic pump 22. Incidentally, 42 is a hydraulic accumulator, and 44 is a one-way valve.

  The left and right front wheels and the left and right rear wheels can also be braked by regenerative braking means using generators (or motor generators) 46FL, 46FR, 46RL, and 46RR, respectively. Of course, although not shown in the figure, batteries are connected to these generators via an inverter so that the electric power generated by regenerative braking charges the battery via the inverter. It has become.

  The hydraulic supply valves 20FL, 20FR, 20RL, 20RR, the hydraulic pump 22, the hydraulic control valves 24, 28, the hydraulic discharge valves 36FL, 36FR, 36RL, 36RR, the generators 46FL, 46FR, 46RL, 46RR are provided with a microcomputer. It is controlled by an electric control unit (ECU) 48. Although not shown in the figure, the electronic control device 48 is supplied with various types of information relating to the driving state of the vehicle from various sensors, and the electronic control device 48 is based on the information. According to the control program incorporated in advance, various control calculations are performed to help the driver's driving operation and improve the running performance of the vehicle. With regard to the configuration shown in the figure, the operation of the above valves and pumps is braked. And the effect | action which improves the performance which concerns on the braking of a vehicle is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing one embodiment of vehicle braking control according to the present invention in the case where regenerative braking means is provided in addition to friction braking means on any of the front, rear, left and right wheels as shown in FIG. It is.

  When the control is started, it is determined in step 10 whether or not a braking request has been made. The vehicle braking request is normally issued in response to the driver depressing the brake pedal, but is separate from the braking request by the driver, and is based on the control judgment performed by the electric control device 48 in accordance with the operation status of the vehicle. Also good. If the answer is yes (Y), control continues to step 20. If the answer is no (N), the control ends here.

  In step 20, it is determined whether or not the braking force front / rear distribution control for distributing the braking force between the front and rear wheels is required in executing the braking. If the answer is yes, the control proceeds to step 30 and after determining the front / rear distribution ratio of the braking force that only distributes the braking force by the friction braking means without operating the regenerative braking means, the control proceeds to step 40. Proceeding, distributed braking is performed to control the distribution of braking force between the front and rear wheels. When the answer to step 20 is no, that is, when a braking request is made in which braking force front / rear distribution control is not required, the control proceeds to step 50, and normal braking is performed without performing control relating to braking force front / rear distribution. As another embodiment, in step 20, it is determined whether or not the braking force right / left distribution control for distributing the braking force between the left and right wheels is required in executing the braking. If the answer to the question is yes, after determining the left / right distribution ratio of the braking force only by the friction braking means without operating the regenerative braking means at step 30, the braking force is determined at step 40. Distribution braking for controlling distribution between the left and right wheels may be executed.

  FIG. 3 shows a case in which the front wheel can be braked by friction braking means and regenerative braking means, but the rear wheel can be braked only by a friction brake hand. It is the schematic shown about. In FIG. 3, portions corresponding to the portions shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. Compared with the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the configuration shown in FIG. 3 lacks only the regenerative braking means for the left and right rear wheels.

  FIG. 4 shows the present invention in which the front wheels can be braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means as shown in FIG. 3, but the rear wheels can be braked only by the friction braking means. 5 is a flowchart showing vehicle braking control according to the above. Also in the flowchart of FIG. 4, steps corresponding to the steps in the flowchart of FIG. 2 are indicated by the same step numbers as the step numbers in FIG. 2.

  In this case, if it is determined in step 20 that distribution control is required, control proceeds to step 35, and in the braking of the front wheels, the distributed braking amount is combined with friction braking and regenerative braking. The braking force sharing ratios of the respective braking means are determined so as to perform the coordinated braking and perform the allocated braking amount on the rear wheels by friction braking. Control then proceeds to step 40 where distributed braking is performed.

  The embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is reverse in front and rear, the front wheels are braked only by the friction braking means, and the rear wheels are braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means. It will be apparent that is possible as well.

  Further, if the braking force distribution control is not performed for the regenerative braking as shown above, the distribution control for the friction braking force is performed by the hydraulic pressure supply valves 20FL, 20FR provided for each wheel. 20RL, 20RR and hydraulic discharge valves 36FL, 36FR, 36RL, 36RR can be controlled with considerable accuracy, so that braking force is not required by feedback control by providing hydraulic sensors for the wheel cylinders in each wheel. Distribution control can be performed, and the cost of the vehicle can be reduced by reducing the hydraulic pressure sensor accordingly.

  While the present invention has been described in detail with respect to several embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to these embodiments within the scope of the present invention. .

Schematic which shows the braking structure of the vehicle in which each wheel can be braked by a friction braking means and a regenerative braking means about the case of a four-wheeled vehicle, respectively. The flowchart which shows the braking control of the vehicle by this invention when one wheel is provided with the regenerative braking means in addition to the friction braking means about one embodiment. Schematic diagram illustrating a vehicle braking structure in which a front wheel can be braked by friction braking means and regenerative braking means, but a rear wheel can be braked only by friction braking means in the case of a four-wheeled vehicle. . The flowchart which shows the braking control of the vehicle by this invention when the front wheel can be braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means, but the rear wheel can be braked only by the friction braking means.

Explanation of symbols

  10FL, 10FR, 10RL, 10RR ... Brake dis, 12FL, 12FR, 12RL, 12RR ... Wheel cylinder, 14 ... Brake pedal, 16 ... Master cylinder, 16a, 16b ... Oil chamber, 18F, 18FL, 18FR ... Oil passage, 20FL, 20FR, 20RL, 20RR ... hydraulic supply valve, 22 ... hydraulic pump, 24 ... hydraulic control valve, 26 ... supply side oil passage, 28 ... hydraulic control valve, 30 ... discharge side oil passage, 32,34 ... oil passage, 36FL, 36FR, 36RL, 36RR ... hydraulic discharge valve, 38 ... return oil passage, 40 ... oil sump, 42 ... hydraulic accumulator, 44 ... one-way valve, 46FL, 46FR, 46RL, 46RR ... generator (or motor generator), 48 ... Electric control device

Claims (5)

  In a vehicle in which the front wheels and the rear wheels can be braked by the friction braking means, the front-rear distribution control of the braking force for the front wheels and the rear wheels is controlled by the supply and discharge of the braking hydraulic pressure to the friction braking means for each wheel. A vehicle characterized by being made.   In a vehicle in which the left wheel and the right wheel can be braked by the friction braking means, the left / right distribution control of the braking force for the left wheel and the right wheel is controlled by the supply / discharge of the braking hydraulic pressure to the friction braking means for each wheel. A vehicle characterized by being made.   The front wheels and the rear wheels can be braked by the regenerative braking means in addition to the friction braking means, respectively, and during the braking force front-rear distribution control, the operation of the regenerative braking means is prohibited. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein only the friction braking means is operated for each share of braking force.   The left wheel and the right wheel can be braked by the regenerative braking means in addition to the friction braking means, respectively. During the braking force left / right distribution control, the operation of the regenerative braking means is prohibited. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein only the friction braking means is operated for each share of braking force. Either the front wheel or the rear wheel can be braked by the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means, and the other can be braked only by the friction braking means. During the braking force front-rear distribution control, the friction braking means and the regenerative braking are controlled. In a wheel that can be braked by the braking means, the friction braking means and the regenerative braking means are cooperatively operated with respect to the share of the braking force, and can be braked only by the friction braking means. The vehicle is characterized in that the friction braking means is actuated in response to the sharing of the braking force in the wheels being provided.

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