Clutch control device and clutch control system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita, Junya Ono, Kohei Matsuura
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Abstract
A clutch control device includes an engine, a gearbox, a clutch device configured to disconnect and connect power transmission between the engine and the gearbox, a clutch actuator configured to drive the clutch device and vary a clutch capacity, an engine rotational number sensor configured to detect an engine rotational number, a throttle opening angle sensor configured to detect a throttle opening angle, and a controller configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity, wherein the controller calculates an estimated engine torque and causes the clutch device to change a slip clutch capacity according to the estimated engine torque.
Claims9
A clutch control device comprising:
- an engine;
- a gearbox;
- a clutch device configured to disconnect and connect power transmission between the engine and the gearbox;
- a clutch actuator configured to drive the clutch device and vary a clutch capacity;
- an engine rotational number sensor configured to detect an engine rotational number;
- a throttle opening angle sensor configured to detect a throttle opening angle;
- a controller configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity;
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- a bank angle sensor configured to detect a bank angle,
- wherein the controller calculates an estimated engine torque and causes the clutch device to change a slip clutch capacity according to the estimated engine torque, and
- wherein the controller outputs the control target value that differs according to the bank angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.