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US 2021/0172484 A1Published application
Forced Neutral Remote Start-Up Control Method and Manual Transmission Vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsOh-Eun Kwon, Sun-Young Park
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Abstract
A forced neutral remote start-up control method is provided. The method includes performing an E-clutch neutral switching control, which confirms the presence of an E-clutch upon receiving a remote start-up request signal of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to form a vehicle neutral state by an E-clutch state switching before generating an engine start-up signal, and performing an engine start-up by generating the engine start-up signal after confirming the vehicle neutral state.
Claims16
A forced neutral remote start-up control method comprising:
- performing an E-clutch neutral switching control, which confirms the presence of an E-clutch upon receiving a remote start-up request signal of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to form a vehicle neutral state by an E-clutch state switching before generating an engine start-up signal;
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- performing an engine start-up by generating the engine start-up signal after confirming the vehicle neutral state.
A manual transmission vehicle, comprising:
- a remote start-up device configured to generate a remote start-up request signal;
- an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) configured to transmit a clutch disengagement signal to an E-clutch recognized in an IG. OFF state of an engine upon receiving the remote start-up request signal so that clutch engagement is switched to disengagement, and to perform an engine start-up by confirming a disengagement state of the E-clutch as a vehicle neutral state;
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- an E-clutch configured to deliver and block power of the engine by engaging and disengaging a clutch state in a control of the ECU.
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