US6479906B2
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Drive force control system for vehicles
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 2001-05-23
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Granted: 2002-11-12
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Expires: 2021-05-23
Abstract
Abstract A controller 41 controls the torque of a front wheel drive motor 22 and a rear wheel drive motor 23 , the rotation speed of a generator 21 , and the torque of an engine 1 . The controller 41 computes a target drive force tFv of a vehicle based on an accelerator pedal depression amount APS and a vehicle speed VSP, and divides this tFv into a target drive force tFf for the front wheels, and a target drive force tFr for the rear wheels. A power tPg required to drive the generator 21 is computed based on the target vehicle drive force tFv, and a target rotation speed tNg of the generator is computed based on this and the vehicle speed VSP. A target torque of the engine is computed from tNg and tPg.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaaki Uchida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 08:02
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K6/00; B60K6/20; B60K6/42; B60K6/46; B60W; B60W20/00; B60W20/10; B60K17/00; B60K17/34; B60K17/356; B60K6/50; B60K6/52; B60W10/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/08; B60L; B60L2240/00; B60L2240/40; B60L2240/42; B60L2240/421; B60W2520/00; B60W2520/28; B60W2710/00; B60W2710/06; B60W2710/0644; B60W2710/0666; B60W2710/08; B60W2710/081; B60W2710/086; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/62; Y02T10/64; Y10; Y10S; Y10S903/00; Y10S903/902; Y10S903/903; Y10S903/904; Y10S903/915; Y10S903/916
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A drive force control system for vehicles, comprising: an engine, a generator connected to the engine, a front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor which are supplied power from the generator, and a microprocessor programmed to: compute a target drive force of the vehicle based on an accelerator depression amount and vehicle speed, compute a target front wheel drive force and a target rear wheel drive force by dividing the target vehicle drive force, compute a power required to drive the generator based on the target vehicle drive force, compute the target rotation speed of the generator based on the power required to drive the generator and vehicle speed, compute a target torque of the engine based on the power required to drive the generator and rotation speed of the generator, control the front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor based on the target front wheel drive force and target rear wheel drive force, and control the engine and generator based on the target engine torque and target generator rotation speed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A drive force control system for vehicles, comprising: an engine, a generator connected to the engine, a front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor which are supplied power from the generator, and a microprocessor programmed to: compute a target drive force of the vehicle based on an accelerator depression amount and vehicle speed, compute a target front wheel drive force and a target rear wheel drive force by dividing the target vehicle drive force, compute a power required to drive the generator based on the target vehicle drive force, compute the target rotation speed of the generator based on the power required to drive the generator and vehicle speed, compute a target torque of the engine based on the power required to drive the generator and rotation speed of the generator, control the front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor based on the target front wheel drive force and target rear wheel drive force, and control the engine and generator based on the target engine torque and target generator rotation speed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor is further programmed to: compute the power required to drive the generator by adding a correction output to a vehicle drive output obtained by multiplying the target vehicle drive force by the vehicle speed, and compute the target rotation speed of the generator based on a second target vehicle drive force obtained by dividing the power required to drive the generator by the vehicle speed, and the vehicle speed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 2 , wherein the correction output comprises any one of the loss output of the generator, the loss output of the front wheel drive motor, and the loss output of the rear wheel drive motor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 2 , wherein the correction output comprises a power required to charge a battery mounted on the vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 2 , wherein the microprocessor is further programmed to compute the generator target rotation speed to be smaller the lower the vehicle speed becomes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor is further programmed to divide the target vehicle drive force so that the ratio of the target front wheel drive force and the target rear wheel drive force is equal to the ratio of the front axle load and rear axle load.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 6 , wherein the microprocessor is further programmed to vary the ratio of the target front wheel drive force and the target rear wheel drive force according to the degree of acceleration of the vehicle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 6 , wherein the microprocessor is further programmed to vary the ratio of the target front wheel drive force and the target rear wheel drive force according to the degree of slip of the vehicle wheels.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
A drive force control system as defined in claim 6 , wherein the ratio of the maximum output of the front wheel drive motor and maximum output of the rear wheel drive motor is equal to the ratio of the front axle load and rear axle load.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
184 words
A drive force control system for vehicles, comprising: an engine, a generator connected to the engine, a front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor which are supplied power from the generator, means for computing a target drive force of the vehicle based on an accelerator depression amount and vehicle speed, means for computing a target front wheel drive force and a target rear wheel drive force by dividing the target vehicle drive force, means for computing a power required to drive the generator based on the target vehicle drive force, means for computing the target rotation speed of the generator based on the power required to drive the generator and vehicle speed, means for computing a target torque of the engine based on the power required to drive the generator and rotation speed of the generator, means for controlling the front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor based on the target front wheel drive force and target rear wheel drive force, and means for controlling the engine and generator based on the target engine torque and target generator rotation speed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
184 words
A drive force control system for vehicles, comprising: an engine, a generator connected to the engine, a front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor which are supplied power from the generator, means for computing a target drive force of the vehicle based on an accelerator depression amount and vehicle speed, means for computing a target front wheel drive force and a target rear wheel drive force by dividing the target vehicle drive force, means for computing a power required to drive the generator based on the target vehicle drive force, means for computing the target rotation speed of the generator based on the power required to drive the generator and vehicle speed, means for computing a target torque of the engine based on the power required to drive the generator and rotation speed of the generator, means for controlling the front wheel drive motor and rear wheel drive motor based on the target front wheel drive force and target rear wheel drive force, and means for controlling the engine and generator based on the target engine torque and target generator rotation speed.
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