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  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
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  • B60W20/20—Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
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• the invention relates to a method of switching between modes of transmission on a hybrid motor vehicle, and a hybrid motor vehicle implementing the method.
• the combustion engine is coupled to a driving gear train via a clutch with friction surfaces (disc or drum surfaces, in particular) sliding, the sliding being necessary for the low speeds of movement of the vehicle, for which the minimum engine speed is too high, even with a minimum gear ratio.
• the coupling can also be performed hydraulically by a torque converter comprising a pump, a turbine and a fluid, and which also uses a sliding phenomenon at low vehicle speeds.
• the electric drive motor it has, in the vehicles concerned, only a limited power, resulting in a limited maximum torque, insufficient to allow the transmission of the vehicle with a significant acceleration.
• the engine uses a fossil fuel (gasoline or diesel fuel typically), and that it is desired to minimize its use for ecological purposes.
• the vehicle has an electrical energy storage (alternative energy), such as a 300 V traction battery, and an electricity generator that can be coupled to the engine (it can be a front electric machine, the heat engine being also in front in this configuration).
• the transmission electric motor can be a rear electric machine, able to put the vehicle in motion autonomously. It can also have a function of electricity generator to recharge the battery in deceleration phase of the vehicle for example.
• Such a vehicle can run in a first mode, said hybrid series, with the use of the heat engine to produce alternative energy via the front electric motor which is then coupled to the engine.
• These two engines are against decoupled wheels, and the transmission of the machine is provided with the help of the rear electric machine.
• the vehicle can ride in a second mode, said full hybrid. This involves the use of the heat engine for transmission. Electrical energy is used to optimize the use of fossil energy.
• Document WO200322617 discloses a method for regulating the speed of a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox. But it does not teach a method to reduce energy losses in case of sliding of the coupling member.
• a switching method on a motor vehicle comprising an electric motor, a heat engine, an electrical energy generator and a sliding coupling member for coupling the heat engine to a train of driving wheels of the vehicle, a first transmission mode in which the electric motor drives the vehicle, and electrical energy is generated by the drive of the electric power generator by the heat engine, to a second transmission mode wherein the engine drives the vehicle, the engine having a minimum idle speed.
• the method is remarkable because it comprises a step of determining a maximum available acceleration value without switching from the first mode to the second mode, and then based on a current acceleration setpoint for the conduct of the vehicle and said maximum acceleration available, a switching in the second mode to provide a power of the engine so as to respond to the current set or maintenance in the first mode.
• the maximum available acceleration value is determined by taking into account resistant rolling forces, aerodynamic resistant forces, and resistant forces caused by a slope of the ground. on which the vehicle rolls.
• the current acceleration instruction for driving the vehicle is obtained by a driving assistance system;
• the method is implemented only below a threshold of horizontal speed of the vehicle, or below a level of electrical energy storage in the vehicle.
• the invention also consists in a motor vehicle comprising an electric motor, a heat engine, an electrical energy generator and a sliding coupling member for coupling the heat engine to a vehicle wheel train, as well as to means for a first mode of transmission in which the electric motor drives the vehicle, and electrical energy is generated by the drive of the electric power generator by the heat engine, and means for a second transmission mode in which the engine drives the vehicle, the engine having a minimum idle speed.
• the vehicle is remarkable because it comprises means for determining a maximum available acceleration value without switching from the first mode to the second mode taking into account a maximum acceleration obtainable by the first mode, means for, on the basis of a current setpoint of acceleration for driving the vehicle and said maximum available acceleration, switch in the second mode to provide a power of the engine to respond to the current or maintain the first mode.
• the sliding coupling member may be a clutch with friction surfaces or a torque converter.
• FIG. 1 is a view of a vehicle to which the invention applies;
• FIG. 2 is a view of an embodiment of the invention.
• the hybrid vehicle 1 comprises two traction chains connected respectively to the two trains 100, 1 10 of the vehicle 1.
• the first traction chain for example connected to the front axle 100 with respect to the direction of travel in the forward direction of the vehicle 1, comprises a heat engine 230 whose output shaft is connected to the input shaft. a first electric machine 210 via a clutch 220, this clutch 220 for coupling or uncoupling the heat engine 230 of the gearbox 200.
• the clutch 220 is a mechanical clutch, or a torque converter using a hydraulic coupling.
• the first electrical machine 210 is further connected via its output shaft to the input shaft of a gearbox 200 of the vehicle, the output shaft of this gearbox 200 being connected to the front axle 100 via a first differential device 101 (with the possibility of decoupling the electric machine 210 from the train 100).
• the second traction chain for example connected to the rear axle 1 10 of the vehicle 1, comprises a second electrical machine 320 whose output shaft is connected to a temporary coupling member for coupling or decoupling the second electrical machine 320 of the rear axle 1 10, this coupling member being itself connected to the rear axle 1 10 by means of a second differential device 1 1 1.
• a gear type transmission system 310 Between the output shaft of the second electrical machine 320 and the temporary coupling member 300 may be interposed a gear type transmission system 310, to increase the torque of the second electrical machine 320 transmitted to the rear axle 1 10.
• the hybrid vehicle 1 also comprises a battery 400 electrically connected to the terminals of the two electrical machines 210, 320 (inverters can be integrated between the battery 400 and the machines 210, 320), and a computer 500 for driving the various elements of the traction chains, in particular the electric machines 210, 320, the clutch 220, the temporary coupling member 300 and the gearbox 200.
• FIG. 2 A switching method according to one embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 2.
• Step 10 it comprises a step 10 of taking into account the resistant forces.
• the rolling forces related to the contact of the tires on the ground the aerodynamic forces related to the resistance opposed by the air to the vehicle, and the forces related to the slope to which the vehicle faces.
• This step is followed by a step of calculating the maximum acceleration that can be obtained for the vehicle, in series hybrid mode, taking into account the resistant forces observed previously, and taking into account a maximum torque value of 15. for the powertrain in hybrid series, brought back to the wheel. It is recalled that in series hybrid mode, it is the electric machine 320 which drives the vehicle, while the machine 200 produces, under the effect of the heat engine 230, electricity which is stored in the battery 400. [ 0030] An example of calculation with the fundamental principle of dynamics is as follows:
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• the maximum comfort acceleration is defined, by mapping or by another method, according to the speed of the vehicle and the difference between the speed reference and the speed of the vehicle .
• the maximum setpoint acceleration value that is to say the maximum acceleration value available for the regulation and speed limiting functions, which fix the maximum acceleration values, is calculated. acceleration setpoints.
• This maximum setpoint acceleration value is the maximum between the maximum acceleration available in the current state of the powertrain group, determined during step 20 and the comfort acceleration, determined in step 25.
• the method is continued with a step 40 for calculating the setpoint acceleration, on the basis of the acceleration required by the driving assistance functions (in particular the regulation and speed limitation functions).
• the setpoint acceleration is then equal to the acceleration requested by the driving assistance functions (typically the regulation and speed limitation functions), referenced 35, limited by the maximum setpoint acceleration determined at step 30.
• a step 50 involves converting torque to the wheel of the value of the setpoint acceleration.
• a step 60 it is decided to maintain the serial hybrid mode or switch the transmission in full hybrid mode.
• the transmission of the powertrain rocking in full hybrid mode As long as the acceleration of comfort can be achieved, the hybrid mode series is activated. As soon as the acceleration of comfort can not be achieved, the transmission is switched out of serial hybrid mode, to full hybrid mode.
• the strategy is implemented only below a speed threshold. - The strategy is implemented only if the battery contains only a small amount of energy, as appreciated by comparing it to a threshold, for example;
• the strategy is applicable only in the life situation in which the clutch is necessarily slippery.
• the decision to change mode is based on a comparison of torque, acceleration, or power.
• These steps can be carried out taking into account a system making it possible to know the distance to the predecessor vehicle, as well as the speed of said vehicle. These steps can be carried out taking into account a rain detection system, such as a sensor triggering the automatic wipers, or information from a GPS or GSM system giving the weather as well as the state of the road .
• a rain detection system such as a sensor triggering the automatic wipers
• information from a GPS or GSM system giving the weather as well as the state of the road .
• the method avoids the energy losses induced by the sliding of the coupling element, avoids the rise in temperature of the clutch which leads to a loss of torque potential to the wheel, increases the durability of the clutch, provides power to the fossil-fueled power source, offers the possibility of increasing the recharging of the alternative energy store during low-speed driving because there is no energy loss by Coupling slip improves overall yields and improves the sustainability of the supply of electrical energy in low-speed life situations.
• the invention promotes the use of the hybrid world series to avoid sliding the coupling member. It avoids energy losses and preserves the clutch. When the will of the driver facing the acceleration of comfort is too important, the power of the fossil-fueled power source is made available and a higher power is transmitted. Thus, the method reduces energy losses induced by sliding coupling without degrading the performance of the vehicle.

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