WO2004054838A1 - Systeme et procede de commande de blocage du differentiel - Google Patents

Systeme et procede de commande de blocage du differentiel Download PDF

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WO2004054838A1
WO2004054838A1 PCT/SE2003/001871 SE0301871W WO2004054838A1 WO 2004054838 A1 WO2004054838 A1 WO 2004054838A1 SE 0301871 W SE0301871 W SE 0301871W WO 2004054838 A1 WO2004054838 A1 WO 2004054838A1
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differential lock
powered wheels
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Thomas Ahlgren
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Scania Cv Ab (Publ)
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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
    • F16H48/00—Differential gearings
    • F16H48/20—Arrangements for suppressing or influencing the differential action, e.g. locking devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
    • B60T8/00—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
    • B60T8/17—Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
    • B60T8/00—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
    • B60T8/32—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration
    • B60T8/34—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration having a fluid pressure regulator responsive to a speed condition
    • B60T8/48—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration having a fluid pressure regulator responsive to a speed condition connecting the brake actuator to an alternative or additional source of fluid pressure, e.g. traction control systems
    • B60T8/4809—Traction control, stability control, using both the wheel brakes and other automatic braking systems

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  • the present invention relates to a system and a method for differential lock control.
  • Heavy vehicles e.g. trucks, often have between two powered wheels, a differential gear which has a differential lock by means of which the powered wheels can be mutually locked.
  • the wheels When the differential lock is engaged, the wheels are mutually locked, making it easier for them to cope with bad road surfaces, since both wheels run at the same speed even if one of them loses contact with the road.
  • the driver usually wishes to disengage the differential lock so that the mutual locking between the powered wheels ceases.
  • the differential lock which is usually an axial gearwheel combination
  • the differential lock may be difficult to disengage because the gearwheels in the differential lock often have an angle of engagement which tends to "pull together" the differential gear as soon as it comes under load.
  • the disengaging movement normally effected by compressed air or return spring force, is not strong enough to pull the gearwheels apart if the torque across the gearwheels is too great.
  • the differential lock indicator may indicate "differential lock disengaged" even if the differential lock control has been operated to disengage the differential lock but the differential lock itself has not been disengaged. The differential lock has sometimes begun its disengaging movement, but this may be halted in a half-disengaged position by torque across the differential lock gearwheels, thereby making it impossible to rely on the differential lock indicator.
  • SE 514 011 C2 An example of a system and a method for differential lock control is referred to in SE 514 011 C2, which refers to a vehicle with differential lock whereby the forces to which the differential lock is subjected are reduced by using components in the vehicle's braking system before the differential lock is engaged.
  • a problem with differential locks of the abovementioned kind is that they may possibly not disengage despite the driver's thinking that they have disengaged.
  • the problem of the differential lock possibly not disengaging despite the driver's thinking that it has disengaged is solved according to the invention by arranging a system and a method for differential lock control in a vehicle which comprises a differential gear between left and right powered wheels and a differential lock which, when engaged, locks together the left and right powered wheels, with a control unit arranged to effect alternate braking of left and right powered wheels when a differential lock control is operated to disengage the differential lock, resulting in the differential lock being relieved of load so that it becomes torque-free, thereby ensuring that the differential lock becomes fully disengaged.
  • a system for differential lock control and a method for differential lock control which have the characteristics of claim 1 and claim 10 respectively afford the advantages that the differential lock becomes fully disengaged so that the driver is not liable to be surprised by the vehicle severely understeering at a bend due to the differential lock being engaged despite the driver's thinking that it is disengaged, and that overloading and failure of the differential lock are prevented, thereby making it possible to avoid immobilisation and expensive repairs.
  • relieving the differential lock of load is performed automatically, so the driver can forget about relieving the load on the differential lock when disengaging it.
  • Fig. 1 depicts schematically a view of a vehicle
  • Fig. 2 depicts schematically a block diagram of a system for differential lock control according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 1 depicts schematically a view of a vehicle 2 in which a power unit 4 in the form of a combustion engine situated forward in the vehicle is connected rearwards to a propeller shaft 6 for transmitting driving power to powered wheels 8,10 via rear driveshafts 12,14.
  • the propeller shaft 6 is connected in a conventional manner to a rear axle gear 16 provided with a differential gear 18 which is itself connected via two driveshafts 12,14 to the powered wheels 8,10 of the vehicle 2.
  • the vehicle's system for differential lock control comprises a differential gear 18 between left and right powered wheels which is provided with a conventional differential lock 26 which, when engaged, locks together, preferably mechanically, the driveshafts 12,14 and hence also the left and right powered wheels 8,10.
  • the driving location of the vehicle 2 is provided with a differential lock control 28 connected to a control unit 30 which controls both a brake regulator 36 for regulation of braking force to the powered wheels 8,10, and an operating unit 31 for engaging and disengaging the differential lock 26.
  • the operating unit 31 for engaging and disengaging the differential lock 26 is normally a compressed air cylinder.
  • the driving location is also provided with an indicator 32 which shows whether the differential lock 26 is engaged or disengaged.
  • the differential lock 26 is intended to be engaged when the vehicle 2 is travelling on slippery road surfaces.
  • the ordinary function of the differential gear 18 is disengaged and the two powered wheels 8,10 are instead both powered at the same speed.
  • the driver At a transition to good road surface, the driver usually wishes to disengage the differential lock 26 so that the mutual locking between the powered wheels 8,10 ceases.
  • FIG. 2 depicts schematically a block diagram of a system for differential lock control according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the operation of the differential lock control is coordinated with brake operation by the fact that the control unit 30 which controls both a brake regulator 36 for regulation of braking force to the powered wheels 8,10, and an operating unit 31 for engaging and disengaging the differential lock 26, is arranged to effect, preferably repeatedly, alternate braking of left and right powered wheels 8,10, one at a time, when the differential lock control 28 is operated to disengage the differential lock 26, thus relieving the load on the differential lock 26 so that it become torque-free and hence ensuring that the differential lock 26 is fully disengaged.
  • the control unit 30 which controls both a brake regulator 36 for regulation of braking force to the powered wheels 8,10, and an operating unit 31 for engaging and disengaging the differential lock 26, is arranged to effect, preferably repeatedly, alternate braking of left and right powered wheels 8,10, one at a time, when the differential lock control 28 is operated to disengage the differential lock 26, thus relieving the load on the differential lock
  • the control unit 30 Upon a disconnecting signal from the differential lock control 28, the control unit 30 activates simultaneously both the operating unit 31 for the differential lock 26 and the brake regulator 36.
  • the control unit 30 may thus on the basis of information from the differential control 28 deliver control signals to a brake regulator 36 which itself controls brake devices 38,40 at the powered wheels 8,10.
  • the brake regulator 36 and the brake devices 38,40 preferably form part of the ordinary braking system of the vehicle 2 and enable, in conjunction with the control unit 30, braking as necessary of the two powered wheels 8,10.
  • the control unit 30 may also preferably form part of the ordinary braking system of the vehicle 2.
  • a method for differential lock control in a vehicle comprising a differential gear 18 between left and right powered wheels 8,10, and a differential lock 26 which, when engaged, locks together the left and right powered wheels 8,10, comprises the following steps:
  • control unit 30 both to the brake regulator 36 which itself controls brake units 38,40 at the powered wheels 8,10, and to an operating unit 31 for engaging and disengaging the differential lock 26, and
  • the number of alternate brakings may either be predetermined as one or more or be controlled by their cessation when the operating unit receives a disengagement completion signal from the differential lock.
  • the control unit 30 is preferably separate from the differential lock control 28 but they may alternatively also be arranged as a single unit.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un système et sur un procédé de commande de blocage du différentiel d'un véhicule (2), ce système comprenant un engrenage différentiel (18) entre les roues motrices gauche et droite (8, 10), et un dispositif de blocage du différentiel (26) qui, en prise, bloque en même temps les roues motrices gauche et droite (8, 10). Le fonctionnement de la commande de blocage du différentiel est coordonné à l'action de freinage par le fait qu'un module de commande (30) qui commande à la fois le régulateur de freinage (36) régulant la force de freinage par rapport aux roues motrices activées (8, 10) et un module de fonctionnement (31) connectant et déconnectant le dispositif de blocage du différentiel (26), est agencé, lorsqu'une commande de blocage du différentiel (28) est lancée pour désengager le dispositif de blocage (26) du différentiel, pour effectuer le freinage alterné des roues motrices gauche et droite (8, 10) au moment où le dispositif de blocage (26) du différentiel n'est plus en prise, ce qui soulage celui-ci (26) de la charge de sorte qu'il soit exempte de couple et permet ainsi que le dispositif de blocage (26) du différentiel ne soit plus du tout en prise.
PCT/SE2003/001871 2002-12-17 2003-12-03 Systeme et procede de commande de blocage du differentiel WO2004054838A1 (fr)

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DE10393923T DE10393923T5 (de) 2002-12-17 2003-12-03 System und Verfahren für eine Differentialsperrensteuerung
AU2003303057A AU2003303057A1 (en) 2002-12-17 2003-12-03 System and method for differential lock control

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SE0203716A SE520957C2 (sv) 2002-12-17 2002-12-17 System och förfarande för differentialspärrmanövrering
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WO2007089342A1 (fr) 2006-01-31 2007-08-09 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc Système et procédé pour l'avertissement d'une sortie de voie de circulation

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US5544949A (en) * 1994-09-20 1996-08-13 Robert Bosch Gmbh Traction control system
DE19722054A1 (de) * 1997-05-27 1998-12-03 Itt Mfg Enterprises Inc Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Regelung eines Fahrzeugs mit Allradantrieb
WO2001042038A1 (fr) * 1999-12-09 2001-06-14 Scania Cv Aktiebolag (Publ) Agencement de systeme de blocage du differentiel, sur un vehicule

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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WO2007089342A1 (fr) 2006-01-31 2007-08-09 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc Système et procédé pour l'avertissement d'une sortie de voie de circulation

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