EP3586043A1 - Gear selection apparatus for a vehicle and method for shifting a vehicle transmission - Google Patents
Gear selection apparatus for a vehicle and method for shifting a vehicle transmissionInfo
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- EP3586043A1 EP3586043A1 EP18703500.1A EP18703500A EP3586043A1 EP 3586043 A1 EP3586043 A1 EP 3586043A1 EP 18703500 A EP18703500 A EP 18703500A EP 3586043 A1 EP3586043 A1 EP 3586043A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01D5/00—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable
- G01D5/12—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
- G01D5/14—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
- G01D5/142—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage using Hall-effect devices
- G01D5/145—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage using Hall-effect devices influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
- F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
- F16H59/08—Range selector apparatus
- F16H59/10—Range selector apparatus comprising levers
- F16H59/105—Range selector apparatus comprising levers consisting of electrical switches or sensors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
- F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
- F16H59/04—Ratio selector apparatus
- F16H59/044—Ratio selector apparatus consisting of electrical switches or sensors
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C1/00—Details
- H01C1/14—Terminals or tapping points or electrodes specially adapted for resistors; Arrangements of terminals or tapping points or electrodes on resistors
- H01C1/148—Terminals or tapping points or electrodes specially adapted for resistors; Arrangements of terminals or tapping points or electrodes on resistors the terminals embracing or surrounding the resistive element
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a gear selector device for a vehicle, to a method for shifting a vehicle transmission, to a corresponding control device and to a corresponding computer program.
- the position of a selector lever for switching a vehicle transmission can be determined, for example, via the detection of a magnet by means of Hall sensors. In this case, certain distances between the Hall sensors are required so that the position of the selector lever can be reliably determined.
- the present invention provides an improved gear selector and an improved method of shifting a vehicle transmission according to the main claims.
- Advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims and the description below.
- a gear selector for a vehicle comprising: a first contact band of a plurality of low-level pads and high-level pads, the low-level pads each being connected or connectable to a low voltage terminal for applying a low voltage level and the high-level pads each being connected to a high level terminal for applying a high voltage level are connected or connectable; a second contact band of a plurality of signal pads, wherein the signal pads are connected or connectable to at least six signal terminals for tapping a signal combination of at least six signals representing the low voltage level and / or the high voltage level; and a selector lever with a slider which, by operating the selector lever between a plurality of selector positions along the first contact band and the second ten contact band is displaceable, wherein the slider is designed to connect electrically conductive in each selection position for generating one of the six signals depending on one of the contact surfaces of the first contact band, each with a signal contact surface.
- a contact surface of the first or second contact strip can be understood to mean, for example, a pad in a printed circuit board or another surface that can be contacted electrically.
- the high voltage level and the low voltage level may be different levels of a supply voltage of the gear selection device.
- the two voltage levels may also be different from the supply voltage or from a ground potential level.
- At least one of the six signal terminals may be electrically conductively connected to at least two of the signal contact areas.
- the selector lever can be adjustable, for example, between at least five, in particular screened, selection positions.
- a slider can be understood as meaning a displaceable element connected to the selector lever and having a plurality of contact elements, for example in the form of sliding contacts.
- a number of the contact elements may be equal to a number of the signals to be generated.
- the slider can be designed, for example, to electrically connect six contact surfaces of the first contact band in pairs in each selection position with six signal contact surfaces, so that a total of six signals are generated in each selection position. This can be done, for example, such that in each selection position, a signal combination of three low-level signals representing the low voltage level and three high-level signals representing the high voltage level is generated.
- the signal combinations may differ in a corresponding order and interconnect the signal pads with the six signal terminals from dial position to dial position with a Hamming distance of at least two.
- the approach described here is based on the finding that a selection position of a selector lever can be determined using a slider coupled to the selector lever and two contact bands which can be electrically connected to one another by means of the slider from a plurality of contact surfaces which can be acted on with different voltage levels.
- the signal combinations may differ from each other in at least two signals.
- the signal combinations may, for example, each be composed of three signals representing a low voltage level and three signals representing a high voltage level.
- the approach presented here thus enables the cost-saving realization of a particularly compact gear selector device, by means of which a reliable detection of a plurality of dial positions, for example of at least five dial positions, can be ensured even in vehicles with very limited installation space.
- the slider may be configured to connect the low-level pads or, additionally or alternatively, the high-level pads to the signal pads such that at each select position there are at least three low-level low-level signals and at least three high-level high-level signals, particularly just as many Low level signals such as high level signals are generated.
- a high degree of robustness of the selector position detection can be ensured at relatively low Verschaltungsetzwand.
- always three signals must have a high level and three a low level, which allows additional diagnosis and always uniform load of the current carrying the signals causes.
- a total number of low level pads and high level pads may be equal to a total number of signal pads. be surfaces.
- the gear selector can be designed to save space.
- the first contact band has a total of at least 13 low-level contact areas and high-level contact areas.
- the second contact band may have a total of at least 13 signal contact surfaces.
- the low-level contact areas designated below by the letter L
- the high-level contact areas designated below by the letter H
- the signal contact surfaces may be arranged adjacent to each other in the following order:
- the first contact band may have at least one low-level contact surface unit, in which at least two mutually adjacent low-level contact surfaces are combined to form a surface unit. Additionally or alternatively, the first contact band may comprise at least one high-level contact surface unit, in which at least two mutually adjacent high-level contact surfaces are combined to form a surface unit. Analogously thereto, additionally or alternatively, the second contact band may also have at least one signal contact surface unit in which at least two signal contact surfaces, each assigned to a same voltage level and adjacent to one another, are combined to form a surface unit.
- the low voltage level or, additionally or alternatively, the high voltage level may according to another embodiment represent a level different from a supply voltage or, additionally or alternatively, from a ground. As a result, for example, additional short circuits to ground or supply can be diagnosed.
- one contact surface of the first contact band can each be arranged opposite a respective signal contact surface.
- the slider may be configured to electrically connect each of two opposing contact surfaces to produce one of the six signals.
- the space requirement of the Ganggetlvorraum can be further reduced.
- the slider has a contact unit comprising at least three contact elements, at least one further contact unit comprising at least three further contact elements and a spacer.
- the contact elements or, additionally or alternatively, the further contact elements may be designed to electrically conductively connect one contact area of the first contact band with one signal contact area each.
- the spacer can be designed to hold the contact unit and the further contact unit at a distance from one another such that at least three mutually adjacent contact surfaces of the first contact band or, additionally or alternatively, at least three mutually adjacent signal contact surfaces lie between the contact unit and the further contact unit.
- the spacer may also be designed to hold the contact elements within the contact unit or, additionally or alternatively, the other contact elements within the further contact unit each at a defined distance from each other.
- the defined distance may be equal to a distance between the centers of two mutually adjacent contact surfaces of the first contact band or the second contact band.
- the selector lever can be pivotable about a pivot point.
- the first contact band or, additionally or alternatively, the second contact band may be curved at least in sections along a circular path extending around the pivot point.
- the selector lever can be adjustable, for example, starting from a middle selection position by pivoting in a first direction into a first selection position and a second selection position and adjustable by pivoting in a direction opposite to the first direction second direction in a third selection position and a fourth selection position.
- the Gangfindlvoriques may have a rear part, which is designed to set the selector lever, starting from the first, second, third or fourth selection position back into the middle selection position.
- the approach presented here also provides a method for shifting a vehicle transmission using a gear-selection device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- control unit which is designed to execute, to control or to implement the steps of a variant of a method presented here in corresponding devices. Also by this embodiment of the invention in the form of a control device, the object underlying the invention can be achieved quickly and efficiently.
- control unit can have at least one arithmetic unit for processing signals or data, at least one memory unit for storing signals or data, at least one interface to a sensor or an actuator for reading sensor signals from the sensor or for outputting control signals to the actuator and / or or at least a communication interface for reading or outputting data embedded in a communication protocol.
- the arithmetic unit may be, for example, a signal processor, a microcontroller or the like, wherein the memory unit may be a flash memory, an EPROM or a magnetic memory unit.
- the communication interface can be designed to read in or output data wirelessly and / or by cable, wherein a communication interface that can read in or output line-bound data, for example electrically or optically transmits this data. read table from a corresponding data transmission line or can output to a corresponding data transmission line.
- a control device can be understood as meaning an electrical device which processes sensor signals and outputs control and / or data signals in dependence thereon.
- the control unit may have an interface, which may be formed in hardware and / or software.
- the interfaces can be part of a so-called system ASIC, for example, which contains various functions of the control unit.
- the interfaces are their own integrated circuits or at least partially consist of discrete components.
- the interfaces may be software modules that are present, for example, on a microcontroller in addition to other software modules.
- control unit is used to control the vehicle.
- control unit can access, for example, sensor signals such as acceleration, pressure, steering angle or environmental sensor signals.
- sensor signals such as acceleration, pressure, steering angle or environmental sensor signals.
- the control is effected via actuators such as brake or steering actuators or an engine control unit of the vehicle.
- a computer program product or computer program with program code which can be stored on a machine-readable carrier or storage medium such as a semiconductor memory, a hard disk memory or an optical memory and for carrying out, implementing and / or controlling the steps of the method according to one of the embodiments described above is used, especially when the program product or program is executed on a computer or a device.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a Gangnizlvoroplasty according to a
- Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a Gang agollvoroplasty according to an embodiment
- Figure 3 is a schematic representation of a gear selector of Figure 2;
- Figure 4 is a schematic representation of an interconnection of contact surfaces of a Gang agollvoroplasty according to an embodiment
- Figure 5 is a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector of Figure 4 in a selection position F2;
- Figure 6 is a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector of Figure 4 in a selection position F1;
- Figure 7 is a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector of Figure 4 in a selection position 0;
- Figure 8 is a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector of Figure 4 in a selection position R1;
- Figure 9 is a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector of Figure 4 in a selection position R2;
- FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of a method according to an exemplary embodiment
- Figure 1 1 is a schematic representation of a control device according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a gear selection device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. Shown is a selector lever 102 for selecting a selector position of the gear selector 100.
- the gear selector 100 has a housing 104 for quick and easy installation in a vehicle.
- the selector lever 102 is passed through an opening in the housing 104.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a gear selection device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment, for example a gear selection device from FIG. 1.
- the gang- Dialing device 100 comprises a first contact band 200 of a plurality of juxtaposed low-level contact surfaces L and high-level contact surfaces H, also called pads or pad surfaces, wherein the low-level contact surfaces L can be acted upon by a low voltage level and the high-level contact surfaces H can be acted upon by a high voltage level.
- the gear selection device 100 comprises a second contact strip 206 extending here, for example, parallel to the first contact strip 200 and below the first contact strip 200, which is formed by a plurality of signal contact surfaces S.
- the signal contact surfaces S are each connected or connectable to at least six signal terminals for picking up a signal combination of at least six signals representing the low voltage level or the high voltage level.
- the two contact strips 200, 206 each have a total of 13 contact surfaces.
- the contact strips 200, 206 are also composed of more than 13 contact surfaces.
- the contact strips 200, 206 are arranged relative to one another in such a way that one contact surface of the first contact strip 200 is each paired opposite one signal contact surface S in pairs.
- the two contact bands 200, 206 have a curved course along a circular path, whose center corresponds to a pivot point 210 of the selector lever 102, which is embodied here as a lever pivotable between five different selection positions 0, F1, F2, R1, R2.
- the selector lever 102 is located in a central position 0 in FIG.
- a slider 212 is arranged between the two contact strips 200, 206.
- the slider 212 is coupled to the selector lever 102 and configured to be in the
- the slider 212 is configured to electrically connect in each of the five selector positions exactly six contact surfaces L, H of the first contact band 200 with exactly six signal pads S in pairs, in particular such that the resulting signal combination exactly three of the low voltage level representative signals and three signals representing the high voltage level is composed. Individual contacts of the slider 212 are marked with bold dots.
- this has the advantage that the signal combinations each have a Hamming distance of at least two, whereby a particularly reliable distinction between the dialing positions is enabled.
- the term Hamming distance is to be understood as meaning the number of different locations of two signal blocks of fixed length, here two signal combinations of six signals each.
- the selector lever 102 is designed, for example, as an intrinsically safe sliding contact selector lever with a sliding contact as the slider 212.
- the selector lever 102 is designed to assume a stable middle position 0.
- the selector lever 102 by a driver from the center position 0 in two stages F1 and F2 forward and in two stages R1 and R2 back pressed.
- the driver releases the selector lever 102, the latter returns to the middle position 0 by itself.
- the selector lever 102 is coupled to a suitable return device 214, such as a spring mechanism, which is adapted to the selector lever 102 depending on the selected dialing position from the first selection position F1, the second selection position F2, the third selection position R1 or the fourth selection position R2 back to the middle selection position 0.
- a suitable return device 214 such as a spring mechanism
- the detection of the driver's request with respect to the selection positions by means of sliding contacts offers the advantage of a particularly compact space of the Gangnizlvorraum 100 with high reliability.
- this makes it possible to realize the selector lever 102 with five locked selection positions, including a stable middle position, which assumes the selector lever 102 in the rest position or in which the selector lever 102 returns by itself.
- the Gangnizlvorraum 100 for example, six signal lines, each of which can be acted upon by one of exactly two voltage levels. Each dialing position is transmitted via a unique combination of signals via these six signal lines.
- the selector lever 102 should be correspondingly safe and diagnosable.
- the functional safety is ensured by the fact that a Hamming distance of at least two exists between the five signal combinations of two signal levels assigned to each dialing position. Further diagnostic measures are also possible.
- the Gang Letlvoriques 100 is realized, for example in the form of a two-layer circuit board having a total of four resistors for two voltage divider in addition to a plug.
- the circuit board has for this purpose two rows of 13 contact surfaces, which are optionally arranged on a circumference, which is predetermined by a circular movement of a knob 216 of the selector lever 102.
- the slide 212 which is fastened, for example, to the knob 216 or to a rod 218 of the selector lever 102 and likewise has a curvature corresponding to the circumference in FIG. 2, connects the contact surfaces L, H acted upon by the voltage levels to the contact surfaces S of the signal lines depending on the selection position.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic representation of a gear selector 100 of Figure 2.
- the selector lever 102 is here in the selection position F2.
- FIG 4 is a schematic representation of an interconnection of contact surfaces L, H, S of a Gang fashionlvoroplasty 100 according to an embodiment, such as a Gang funnellvorraum, as described above with reference to Figures 1 to 3. Shown is a wiring of the pads L, H of the power supply and the signal lines to the six signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 via the slider 212, which is in the position F2. It can be seen that the low level pads L are electrically connected to a low level terminal 400 for providing the low voltage level and the high level pads H are electrically connected to a high level terminal 402 for providing the high voltage level via respective lines.
- the signal contact surfaces S via corresponding lines with the six signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3l S 4 , S 5 , S 6 are electrically conductively connected.
- the affiliation of the individual signal contact surfaces S to the respective signal connections is indicated by subscripts.
- the contact surfaces L, H and the signal contact surfaces S are arranged in pairs opposite one another.
- the slider 212 is realized according to this embodiment with a contact unit 404 of three contact elements 406, another contact unit 408 of three further contact elements 410 and a spacer 412.
- the contact elements 406, 410 are designed to electrically connect in each selection position a respective contact surface L or H, each having a signal contact surface S.
- the selection position F2 shown in FIG. 4 for example, the following contact pairing is present, the sequence of the letters corresponding to an order of adjacent contact surfaces in the respective contact bands 200, 206:
- the spacer 412 is designed to keep the contact unit 404 and the further contact unit 408 at a distance from one another such that in each selection position between the contact unit 404 and the further contact unit 408 three mutually adjacent contact surfaces L or H of the first contact band 200 and three mutually adjacent signal contact surfaces S are, in the selection position F2 example, three high-level contact surfaces H and three signal contact surfaces Si, S 2 , S 3rd
- the pin assignment of the pads is numerically optimized. The result of such an optimization is shown in FIG. 4.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 4 is considered particularly simple and secure.
- the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 If the voltage supply in the form of the first contact band 200 is connected to the level terminals 400, 402 and the signal lines are connected to the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 , then the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 generates low-level signal L representing low voltage level or high-level signal H representing high level voltage, which satisfy the following requirements:
- each signal consists of three high-level signals H and three low-level signals L.
- the low and high level signals are here designated by the same letters as the contact areas of the first contact band 200 connected to the corresponding low and high level terminals, respectively.
- FIGS. 5 to 9 show how the signal combinations from the various levels of the voltage supply at the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 are assembled for all the selection positions when the interconnection is carried out as in FIG. 4 ,
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selection device 100 from FIG. 4 in the selection position F2 ("two forward"), whereby a signal combination is produced at the signal connections Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 output from six signals LLLHHH.
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selection device 100 from FIG. 4 in the selection position F1 ("one forward").
- a signal combination of six signals HLLLHH is output at the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 .
- Figure 7 shows a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selector 100 of Figure 4 in the selection position 0, which corresponds to a stable center position of the selector lever.
- a signal combination of six signals HHLLLH is output at the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 .
- FIG 4 shows a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selection device 100 in the selection position R1 ("one towards the back"), wherein a signal combination is produced at the signal connections Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 output from six signals HHHLLL.
- FIG 4 shows a schematic representation of electrical connections in a gear selection device 100 in the selection position R2 ("two backwards"), whereby a signal combination is produced at the signal connections Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 output from six signals LHHHLL.
- the total number of contact pads per contact band should be at least 13 if five dial positions are to be evaluated and a Hamming distance of two between the signals is required.
- the interconnection of the second contact strip 206, as shown in Figure 3, has also proved to be optimal for geometric reasons.
- Padverscnies corresponds to the interconnection shown in Figure 4.
- the remaining combinations require a change of the connection of the voltage supply in such a way that the voltage levels follow the order shown in the column "Padverscnies"
- the output of the signals to the signal terminals Si, S 2 , S 3 , S 4l S 5 , S 6 for the five dial positions, the columns “F2", “F1", “0”, “R1”, “R2" of the table are shown.
- the structure of the pads is thus in two rows, one row is connected to the supply and the other row is connected to the signal lines.
- the interconnection or the structure of the slider is selected such that the Hamming distance between all possible signal combinations of a total of at least six signals L, H is at least two.
- all signal combinations for example, each have the same number of high-level signals H and low-level signals L, so that a further criterion for checking the signal plausibility is present.
- adjacent contact surfaces of the first contact band which are each associated with a same voltage level, connected to a pad surface.
- adjacent signal contact surfaces of the second contact band which are each associated with a same voltage level, connected to a pad surface.
- voltage levels for H and L are used which differ from a supply voltage or also from a ground potential of the gear selection device, so that a diagnosis can also take place here, for example the detection of short circuits to ground or supply.
- FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of a method 1000 according to one exemplary embodiment.
- the method 1000 of shifting a vehicle transmission may be performed using, for example, a gear-selecting device as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.
- a step 1010 the signal combination of the high and low level signals is read.
- a control signal for actuating an actuator for switching the vehicle transmission is output using the signal combination.
- Figure 1 1 shows a schematic representation of a control device 1 100 according to an embodiment.
- the control unit 1 100 can be used, for example, to carry out a method described above with reference to FIG.
- the control unit 1 100 comprises a read-in unit 1 1 10 for reading in the various signal combinations from the signals H or L and an output unit 1 120 for outputting the drive signal 1 122 using the signal combinations.
- an exemplary embodiment comprises a "and / or" link between a first feature and a second feature
- this can be read so that the embodiment according to one embodiment, both the first feature and the second feature and according to another embodiment, either only the first Feature or only the second feature.
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