Clutch control apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Satoshi Kajiro
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Abstract
This clutch control apparatus includes: a clutch device; a clutch actuator; and a control unit, wherein the clutch actuator includes a plurality of electric motors and a transmission mechanism, wherein the plurality of electric motors are able to input a driving force to a common transmission element of the transmission mechanism, wherein the control unit detects at least one resistance value of the plurality of electric motors without driving a common transmission element by reversely driving a part of the plurality of electric motors and remaining electric motors, and wherein the control unit estimates a motor temperature from the resistance value and controls the driving of the plurality of electric motors according to the motor temperature.
Claims5
A clutch control apparatus comprising:
- a clutch device which enables and disables the transmission of power between a prime mover and an output object;
- a clutch actuator which outputs a driving force for operating the clutch device;
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- a control unit which controls the driving of the clutch actuator,
- wherein the clutch actuator includes a plurality of electric motors which output the driving force and a transmission mechanism which is disposed between the plurality of electric motors and the clutch device,
- wherein the plurality of electric motors are able to input a driving force to a common transmission element in the transmission mechanism,
- wherein the control unit detects at least one resistance value of the plurality of electric motors by inputting a first driving force of a part of the plurality of electric motors and inputting a second driving force of remaining electric motors not so as to move the common transmission element, the first driving force and the second driving force being in a direction opposite to each other, and
- wherein the control unit estimates a motor temperature from the resistance value and controls the driving of the plurality of electric motors according to the motor temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.