Main pump to auxiliary pump hand-off strategy in hybrid electric vehicle
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorsJoseph Ivacko, Gurunath Kedar-Dongakar
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Abstract
A method and system of reducing an occurrence of hydraulic pressurization loss during the transition from gas-powered engine operation to electric motor operation in a hybrid electric vehicle. The method includes maintaining operation of the gas-powered engine while initiating an auxiliary pump with its associated electric motor. A master timer is initiated. Once the auxiliary pump exceeds a minimum speed threshold, a delay time period is determined during which operation of the auxiliary pump is tested. If the auxiliary pump does not stall during the delay time period and the master timer has not yet expired, the gas-powered engine is allowed to shut-off.
Claims14
A method of reducing an occurrence of hydraulic pressurization loss during the transition from gas-powered engine operation to electric motor operation in a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- initiating an auxiliary pump with a battery-powered electric motor while the gas-powered engine is running and providing hydraulic pressurization;
- initiating a master timer;
- once the auxiliary pump exceeds a minimum speed threshold, determining a delay time period during which operation of the auxiliary pump is tested;
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- if the auxiliary pump does not stall during the delay time period and the master timer has not yet expired, allowing the gas-powered engine to shut-off.
An auxiliary pump system in a hybrid electric vehicle, the system comprising:
- an auxiliary pump with an associated electric motor, the auxiliary pump being configured to maintain hydraulic pressurization in the hybrid electric vehicle's transmission system during a transition from operation of the hybrid electric vehicle's gas-powered engine to the hybrid electric vehicle's electric motor;
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- a processor configured to determine the auxiliary pump speed and to control the auxiliary pump and shut-off of the gas-powered engine during a transition between vehicle operation in a gas-powered engine mode and vehicle operation in an electric motor mode, said processor control comprising instructions for:
- initiating the auxiliary pump while the gas-powered engine is running and providing hydraulic pressurization;
- initiating a master timer;
- once the auxiliary pump exceeds a minimum speed threshold, determining a delay time period during which operation of the auxiliary pump is tested;
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- if the auxiliary pump does not stall during the delay time period and the master timer has not yet expired, allowing the gas-powered engine to shut-off.
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