Denso Corporation

Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Mie University

Masami Fujitsuna

Tetsuji Kozaki

Tsutomu Tashiro

Yoshifumi Kato

Kazuyoshi Obayashi

Hideji Yoshida

Ichiro Yamauchi

Keisuke Tani

Hiroshi Tamura

Akihiro Imura

Yoshiyuki Takabe

Tomohiro Saito

Shinji Makita

Masanori Sugiura

Hisaharu Morita

Noboru Miyamoto

Naohisa Mimura

Tamaki Suzuki

Kouichi Aoyama

Akihrio Imura

Muneaki Ishida

Tadanao Zanma

In an apparatus, a predicting unit uses, as an initial value of a controlled variable, at least one of a first measured value of the controlled variable and a second measured value of a physical variable expressed as a function of the controlled variable. The predicting unit predicts, based on the initial value of the controlled variable, a value of the controlled variable when a driving mode of a switching element of a power converter is set. A driving unit has an integral element and determines, based on an output of the integral element to which a deviation between the predicted value of the controlled variable and a command value of the controlled variable is inputted, an actual driving mode of the switching element to thereby drive the switching element in the determined driving mode.

Apparatus for carrying out improved control of rotary machine

An amount of electric power generatable by an exhaust gas-driven rotating electric machine is determined corresponding to an operating point, so that an increment amount of fuel by the exhaust gas-driven electric power generation is smaller than engine-driven alternator power generation. The power generation can be thereby performed by effectively utilizing exhaust energy of the engine.

Exhaust gas-driven generator system and method of controlling electrical system

A magnetic pole position in a synchronous motor having salient poles is estimated from an instructed voltage applied to the motor, a current generated from the instructed voltage and parameters. To estimate the position substantially matching with a true magnetic pole position, a phase matching voltage having a phase matching with the estimated magnetic pole position previously obtained is applied to the motor. The phase matching voltage has a harmonic frequency higher than that of the instructed voltage. A phase matching current generated from the phase matching voltage is detected from the motor. A value of at least one of the parameters is corrected such that a difference in phase between the phase matching voltage and the phase matching current substantially becomes zero. An estimated magnetic pole position is calculated from the instructed voltage, the generated current and the parameter having the corrected value.

Method of estimating magnetic pole position in motor and apparatus of controlling the motor based on the estimated position

In a control system, a control unit is connected to a generator and is configured to, when a steep change in a load current flowing through at least one specific electrical load is sensed, control the output of the generator based on the sensed steep change in the load current. This allows variations in a voltage of a power supply system to decrease while converging the voltage of the power supply system to a predetermined target voltage.

Method and system for controlling power to be fed to electrical loads

A power control apparatus includes an inverter giving a rectangular waveform drive signal to an induction motor, an inverter voltage controlling section controlling an output voltage of the inverter, a converter boosting a voltage supplied to the inverter, a converter voltage controlling section controlling an output voltage of the converter, and a control signal generating section that controls the inverter voltage controlling section in a low-rotational speed region and controls the converter voltage controlling section in a high-rotational speed region.

Power control apparatus for a turbo charger equipped with an assist motor and a motor driven turbo charging apparatus

A controller of an automatic transmission having a lockup clutch and a control method of the automatic transmission, in which engine rotational speed is prevented from changing even though turbine rotational speed changes at gear shift and slip control can be carried out without making a driver feel uncomfortable are provided. When a speed change command is detected and it is determined that an inertia phase has not yet started, target engine rotational speed during a replenish period is calculated and the target engine rotational speed control is carried out to have the target engine rotational speed. When it is determined that the control is in the inertia phase, another target engine rotational speed during the inertia phase is calculated. Then, target engine rotational speed control in which the engine rotational speed at the start of the inertia phase is maintained as the target engine rotational speed is carried out.

Controller of automatic transmission having a lock up clutch and control method of the automatic transmission

In a q phase-reluctance type motor including a rotor having 2n rotor protrusions with an arc angle X&deg;, a stator having 2m stator protrusions with an arc angle Y&deg; and m pairs of exciting coils, each of the pairs of exciting coils is disposed around one of the stator protrusions spaced apart at 180&deg; in mechanical angle, and the following conditions are met: q&gE;5, X&deg;, Y&deg;>360&deg;/(n&times;q), X&deg;&plus;Y&deg;&equals;180&deg;/n&minus;&agr;&deg;, where &agr;&deg; is a counter torque marginal angle which is larger than 0&deg;.

Reluctance type motor

Controller of automatic transmission having a lockup clutch and control

An apparatus for controlling a dynamic system, for example, a continuously variable transmission for an automotive vehicle which adjusts a gear ratio by bringing a pulley position of a primary pulley into agreement with a target one through a hydraulic system under the feedforward and sliding mode control is provided. The apparatus calculates a feedforward-controlled variable in addition to a feedback-controlled variable and adjusts the pulley position of the primary pulley to a target one using the hydraulic pressure provided based on the sum of the feedforward-controlled variable and the feedback-controlled variable, thereby enhancing the robustness of the sliding mode control without causing the hunting.

Apparatus for controlling dynamic system in sliding mode and feedforward

An automotive automatic transmission has an input shaft receiving a rotational force from an engine, an output shaft for outputting a rotational force to a vehicle driving wheel, a frictional engagement device having an adjustable engagement condition, and a transmission device for transmitting a rotational force from the input shaft to the output shaft at a gear speed ratio depending on the engagement condition of the frictional engagement device. A control apparatus for the automotive automatic transmission includes an engagement condition adjusting device for adjusting the engagement condition of the frictional engagement device by feeding a hydraulic pressure thereto in response to an instructed control amount. The control apparatus also includes a control amount calculating device for calculating the control amount such that a time-domain variation in the control amount is along a curve which corresponds to a monotonic increase and whose variation rate gradually increases, or such that a time-domain variation in the control amount is along a curve which corresponds to a monotonic decrease and whose variation rate gradually decreases.

Control apparatus for automatic transmission

In order to precisely determines the time to start feedback control of line pressure during a shifting period, a shift control computer calculates an effective gear ratio Ge=Nt/Nos at the time of an shift instruction based on input shaft rotational speed Nt and detected vehicle speed Nos and then calculates a parameter F=Nos.times.Ge-Nt indicating the point to start feedback control based on the input shaft rotational speed Nt, the detected vehicle speed Nos and the effective gear ratio Ge. By comparing the calculated parameter F with a predetermined value .DELTA.Nt, hydraulic pressure at the start of shift operation is maintained if F&lt;.DELTA.Nt and, if F.gtoreq..DELTA.Nt, feedback control is performed to cause the input shaft rotational speed Nt to vary in a predetermined manner.

Hydraulic pressure control apparatus for automatic transmission

A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission is disclosed which includes a feedback hydraulic control circuit and a hydraulic correcting circuit. The feedback hydraulic control circuit controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to frictional elements of the automatic transmission under feedback control during a shift operation for adjusting the speed of an input shaft or a rate of change in speed of the input shaft of the automatic transmission to agree with a target speed or a target rate. The hydraulic correcting circuit corrects an output of the feedback hydraulic control circuit so as to suppress vibrations of torque transmitted through a drive train of the automatic transmission caused by control of the hydraulic pressure carried out by the feedback hydraulic control circuit within a range of a resonance frequency of the drive train of the automatic transmission.

Automatic transmission control system for improving shift quality during

An automatic transmission is controlled by the use of estimation of a disturbance so that an input shaft rotates as desired to suppress shock caused during a speed-change transient mode. The disturbance is estimated from an actual rotational speed of an input shaft of the automatic transmission and a control command value to a pressure regulating device based on a predetermined transfer function model. The disturbance may be estimated alternatively by the use of a speed change in the rotational speed of the input shaft.

Method and apparatus for controlling speed-change transient mode of

A lock-up clutch control method controls a torque converter comprising an input shaft through which a rotating force from an engine is input, an output shaft which outputs a driving force to the side of driving wheels and a lock-up clutch which operates in response to a hydraulic pressure. A control element controls an engaging pressure of the lock-up clutch by way of the hydraulic pressure. The engaging force of the clutch is controlled in accordance with calculated results of a target following up section for calculating a controlled variable so that a slip follows up a target slip and a control system stabilizing section for calculating the controlled variable so that the disturbance applied to the control system is compensated. Thereby, a stable control may be realized without receiving any effect of the disturbance. The disturbance may be estimated and learned for more accurate control.

Lock-up clutch control method

A slip control apparatus provides a smooth response of actual slippage amount during a transitional period when a lock-up clutch is shifting from a disengaged state to a slipping state, and quickly determines a response to external disturbances when the slipping of the clutch is in a steady state. The apparatus has a first control unit for outputting a first control value based on the difference between target slippage amount and actual slippage amount, a second control unit for outputting a second control value based on the actual slippage amount, and a clutch pressure regulating unit for controlling an electromagnetic valve to control a lockup system on the basis of the sum of the first and second control values. The first control unit performs control for the transitional state of the lock-up clutch between the disengaged state and the slipping state. The second control unit performs control in response to external disturbances when the slipping of the clutch has reached the steady state via the transitional state.

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Kariya, Japan

Masami Fujitsuna