Interrelated power delivery controls – including engine control – Clutch control – Regulated clutch engagement
Patent
1998-11-02
2000-06-27
Ta, Khoi Q.
Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control
Clutch control
Regulated clutch engagement
477 70, 477906, F16D 4806
Patent
active
060800852
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the control system of an automatic clutch which is arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle with a driver or manual shift transmission and for the actuation of which the control system interacts with a sensor system for identifying parameters which indicate a shift intention on the part of the driver, the clutch, at least in an emergency operating mode when the sensor system is disrupted, disengaging when the throttle valve of the vehicle engine closes, and engaging when the throttle valve opens.
In motor vehicles with manual shift transmission and an automatic clutch, a sensor system of greater or lesser extensiveness should be present in order to identify shift intentions on the part of the driver. In this context, DE 42 37 983 A1 discloses using corresponding sensors to detect the position of the accelerator pedal, inter alia the position and/or movements of the shift lever of the transmission and also the position of the throttle valve, which determines the engine power output, and the engine speed. Emergency control is effected in the event of disruptions to the sensor system or to individual sensors.
If, for example, the engine speed can no longer be detected, the clutch is engaged if the excursion (travel) of the accelerator pedal from its position of rest exceeds a threshold value, and the clutch is disengaged when the threshold value is undershot. If the sensor system is disrupted in other ways, correspondingly modified emergency control can be effected. Thus, for example in the event of failure of the accelerator pedal sensor, the clutch is disengaged as soon as the engine speed falls below a relatively low threshold value, and the clutch is engaged above this threshold value.
DE 43 24 415 A1 shows a further clutch control system, in which the clutch is actuated in dependence on a sensor system which detects the respective throttle valve position. In this case, a redundant arrangement is provided in such a way that in the event of interference with a first electronic arrangement for detecting the throttle valve position, a changeover is made to another device, which differs structurally from the first device. In this case, therefore, a high degree of safeguarding is ensured by asymmetrical redundancy.
The object of the invention, then, is to provide a clutch control system which is advantageous in particular for emergency operation.
In the case of a control system of the type specified in the introduction, this object is achieved according to the invention by virtue of the fact that the clutch--at least in the event of emergency operation--disengages, or operates with slips, in the event of a high threshold value of the engine speed being exceeded.
The invention is based on the general concept of preventing a rapidly moving vehicle from being able to force excessively high speeds on the engine when the clutch is engaged.
Since the clutch at least partially disengages as soon as the engine speed exceeds a high threshold value, overspeed protection is ensured during operating phases of the vehicle in which the clutch--for instance during a descent in a low gear--has disengaged with the accelerator pedal not actuated and thus the throttle valve essentially closed and subsequently engages again in the event of renewed actuation of the accelerator pedal and the throttle valve accordingly opening. In such driving states, the driving speed of the vehicle may be very high and the speed of the clutch output may be distinctly above the speed of the clutch input during the engagement operation, with the result that when the clutch is engaged, the engine could be brought to a destructive speed by the vehicle which continues to move.
The invention therefore takes account of the fact that in the case of clutch control which is dependent on the throttle valve position--that is to say the clutch disengages when the throttle valve closes--relatively long operating phases can occur during which the vehicle continues to move with the clutch dis
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Kosik Franz
Salecker Michael
Zimmermann Martin
Daimler-Chrysler AG
LuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
Ta Khoi Q.
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