# US 9,751,517 B2 · Brake control method for hybrid electric vehicle

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- Number: US 9,751,517 B2
- Document ID: US9751517B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/937,731
- Filed: 2015-11-10
- Published: 2016-09-29
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-23
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company
- Inventors: Jin Hwan Choi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751517B2

## CPC

- B60W 20/00: Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)}
- B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
- B60W 10/184: with wheel brakes
- B60W 10/188: hydraulic brakes
- B60W 20/14: in conjunction with braking regeneration
- B60W 30/02: Control of vehicle driving stability
- B60W 30/18127: {Regenerative braking}
- B60W 2540/12: Brake pedal position
- B60W 2710/083: Torque
- B60W 2710/182: Brake pressure, e.g. of fluid or between pad and disc
- B60Y 2300/89: Repartition of braking force, e.g. friction braking versus regenerative braking
- Y10S 903/93: Conjoint control of different elements
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A brake control method for a hybrid electric vehicle including a control mode of a first interval to control regenerative brake of a motor may include sensing, by an Electronic Stability Control system controller (ESC ECU), a time when a wheel brake pressure detected by a pressure sensor of a wheel brake is ‘0’ after entering a control mode of a second interval, determining, by the ESC ECU, a pedal stroke in which the wheel brake pressure is ‘0’ from a ‘pedal stroke Vs wheel brake pressure’ map, changing and setting, by the ESC ECU, the pedal stroke in which the wheel brake pressure is ‘0’ to an upper threshold stroke value of a ‘pedal stroke Vs pressure’ map, and re-entering the control mode of the first interval, when the pedal stroke depending on the brake pedal operation decreases to the changed upper threshold stroke value or less.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A brake control method for a hybrid electric vehicle including a control mode of a first interval to control regenerative brake of a motor with regenerative brake torque corresponding to a pressure value determined from a ‘pedal stroke Vs pressure’ map based on a pedal stroke depending on an operation of a brake pedal and a control mode of a second interval to control hydraulic pressure of a wheel brake with a wheel brake pressure value determined from a ‘pedal stroke Vs wheel brake pressure’ map based on a detected pedal stroke when the pedal stroke more than an upper threshold stroke value set in the ‘pedal stroke Vs pressure’ map is detected, the method comprising:
sensing, by an Electronic Stability Control system controller (ESC ECU), a time when a wheel brake pressure detected by a pressure sensor of the wheel brake is ‘0’ after entering the control mode of the second interval;
determining, by the ESC ECU, the pedal stroke in which the wheel brake pressure is ‘0’ from the ‘pedal stroke Vs wheel brake pressure’ map;
changing and setting, by the ESC ECU, the pedal stroke in which the wheel brake pressure is ‘0’ to the upper threshold stroke value of the ‘pedal stroke Vs pressure’ map; and
re-entering the control mode of the first interval, by the ESC ECU, when the pedal stroke depending on the brake pedal operation decreases to the changed upper threshold stroke value or less.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein in the control mode of the first interval, regenerative brake force to satisfy driver's required total brake force depending on the brake pedal operation is generated through the regenerative brake of the motor, and
in the control mode of the second interval, hydraulic brake force to satisfy the driver's required total brake force together with a maximum regenerative brake force generated in the control mode of the first interval is generated through a hydraulic control of the wheel brake.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein after re-entering the control mode of the first interval, the ‘pedal stroke Vs pressure’ map of the control mode of the first interval is applied while being changed to a diagram connecting a maximum regenerative brake force pressure corresponding value in the changed upper threshold pedal stroke value and 0 bar in a lower threshold stroke value.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the diagram is a linear diagram and a slope A of the diagram is determined as A=(maximum regenerative brake force pressure corresponding value)/(Str_p0−lower threshold stroke), wherein Str_p0 is a pedal stroke value in which the wheel brake pressure is ‘0’ as the changed upper threshold pedal stroke value.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein when the pedal stroke depending on the brake pedal operation while the control mode of the first interval is performed by entering the first interval is detected as a value larger than the changed upper threshold stroke value, the control mode of the second interval is entered.