Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for the braking force of a vehicle, capable of suppressing an increase in amount of fuel supplied to an engine, when suppressing a shock caused by a change in speed of the vehicle. SOLUTION: A vehicle is applied with a braking force through the rotational resistance of an engine, by stopping supply of fuel to the engine, when the vehicle is traveling on inertia and controlling the torque capacity of a torque capacity controller provided between the engine and a wheel to at least a prescribed value. The vehicle is applied with the braking force, by a function which reduces the torque capacity of the torque capacity controller, if a prescribed condition is met, and by the function of a generator connected to the wheel for transmitting a power. Braking force control means (step S1, step S2, step S3, step S4, step S6, and step S7) are provided to increase the braking force generated by a function of the generator. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conduct restart of an internal combustion engine under economical running control without causing sluggish feeling. SOLUTION: The control device of the internal combustion engine for executing control for starting the stopping internal combustion engine 1 when a previously determined start condition is satisfied, includes at least two power supply parts of a low voltage power supply part 3 and a high voltage power supply part 4, a starting mechanism 2 for rotating the internal combustion engine by receiving power from the power supply parts and operating, and a switching mechanism 5 for selectively switching between the low voltage power supply part 3 and high voltage power supply part 4 and connecting the starting mechanism 2.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle engine starting control device capable of suppressing degradation in accuracy of engine starting control.SOLUTION: A control device of the present invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle including a torsional damper provided between an internal combustion engine and a first motor generator, and controls the internal combustion engine to start on by causing the first motor generator to motor the internal combustion engine. A relational expression is derived on the basis of an equation of motion of the vibration system during the motoring. At a time of an engine start, the control device obtains an engine rotational speed target value Net and an engine torque measurement value or estimated value τ. A first term calculation unit 30a calculates a first term of the relational expression on the basis of the target value Net, and a second term calculation unit 30b calculates a second term of the relational expression on the basis of the engine torque measured value or estimated value τ, thus a motor torque command value τis calculated by obtaining a sum of the first and second terms.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a starting device of an internal combustion engine capable of reducing deterioration of ride quality without increasing cranking torque.SOLUTION: A fly wheel 16 includes a first wheel 26 rotated integrally with a shaft 14 transmitting driving force of an internal combustion engine 20 and a rotary electric machine MG1, a second wheel 28 rotatable relatively to the first wheel 26, and a viscous variable fluid 30 sealed between the first wheel 26 and the second wheel 28. A control portion 18 for adjusting viscosity of the viscous variable fluid 30 increases viscosity of the viscous variable fluid 30 in a starting period of the internal combustion engine 20, so that vibration generated on the fly wheel 16 in accompany with rotary driving of the internal combustion engine 20 is absorbed by the viscous variable fluid 30.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To start voltage step-up at suitable timing in view of the balance between reduction of electric power consumption and travel response of a hybrid vehicle.SOLUTION: A control device 60 of a hybrid vehicle 100 comprising an internal combustion engine 4, an electricity storage device B, a voltage step-up device 20 capable of stepping up an output voltage output from the electricity storage device, an inverter 20 converting supply electric power supplied from the voltage step-up device into AC electric power, and a rotating electrical machine MG1 performing rotary driving by the AC electric power supplied from the inverter comprises: a start-up control means 61 driving the rotating electrical machine to start-up the internal combustion engine; and a voltage step-up control means 62 for controlling the voltage step-up device to start the output voltage step-up in a period from the peak of cranking electric power of the rotating electrical machine required for the start-up of the internal combustion engine to the completion of the start-up of the internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear engagement device for smoothly changing a torque of a motor for adjusting a phase of a gear member upon its release to a torque requested after the release of the gear member.SOLUTION: In a dog clutch 40 for performing the engagement and release of a hub 41 and a brake member 43 by an actuator 44, a pre-release request torque to be requested for switching the dog clutch 40 to a release state to a first MG 200 in which power is transmitted to the hub 41 is calculated, a rocking control is performed for performing the increase and decrease of the torque of the first MG 200 so that the hub 41 is rocked when switching the dog clutch 40 from its engagement state to its release state, and when the rocking control is performed, the torque of the first MG 200 is changed first to be made close to a post-release request torque requested to the first MG 200 after the dog clutch 40 is switched to its release state.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal combustion engine that is superior in responsibility when output torque is decreased.SOLUTION: The internal combustion engine includes: a variable compression ratio mechanism in which a volume of a combustion chamber is formed so as to be variable; and an exhaust treatment device which is arranged on an engine exhaust passage. In the exhaust treatment device, an allowable temperature which is a reference whether deterioration occurs is predetermined. An amount of a temperature increase is evaluated in advance when the internal combustion engine performs the control of increasing temperature of the exhaust treatment device with a change of an operation state if torque outputted from the internal combustion engine is decreased. If a temperature in which the amount of a temperature increases is added to the temperature of the exhaust treatment device detected when the torque outputted from the internal combustion engine is decreased is higher than the allowable temperature, the internal combustion engine performs the control of decreasing a compression ratio by the variable compression ratio mechanism.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding bearing device and an internal combustion engine, capable of reducing friction at operation starting.SOLUTION: An engine sliding bearing device 10 includes a heat exchanging section 50 capable of allowing oil to communicate between a bulkhead 21 and a bearing cap 22 of a cylinder block and a bearing metal 40, a lubricating oil supply passage 25 for communicating a main gallery 5 with the heat exchanging section 50, and a lubricating oil discharge passage 26 for communicating the heat exchanging section 50 with the outside. Thereby, oil supplied to the heat exchanging section 50 through the lubricating oil supply passage 25 at rotational motion of a crankshaft 30 is discharged from the lubricating oil discharge passage 26 at stopping of the rotational motion of the crankshaft 30, so that cooling efficiency of the bearing metal 40 is reduced. Consequently the friction at operation starting can be reduced because oil near the bearing can be quickly reduced in viscosity at starting of the upcoming rotational motion.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress frequent start/stop of an internal combustion engine to sufficiently secure an operation stop state of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: When intermittent engine operation is prohibited, it is decided that the intermittent operation of the engine 22 should be permitted when engine start output limit Woutes is not less than an intermittent operation permission threshold value Wouta larger than an intermittent operation prohibition threshold value Woutb as discharge power and when predicted starting output limit Woutpd that is a predicted value of power allowed for discharging of a battery 50 exceeds the intermittent operation prohibition threshold value Woutb at the start of the engine after a predetermined time tref elapses from the current time, and an intermittent operation prohibition flag is OFF. Thereby, the engine is prevented from restarting in an extremely short time after the engine stop while the intermittent operation of the engine is permitted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT