Nissan Motor Company Limited

Tomoya Kimura

Nobusuke Toukura

Yoshinori Iwasaki

Yoshinori Tanaka

Masayuki Yasuoka

A control system for an engine-CVT powertrain controls the target driving force during traveling on a ramp to meet operator power demand and/or the target input speed of the CVT to accomplish the ramp target window during traveling on the ramp to meet operator deceleration command.

Engine transmission control system

An ordinary target driving force is generated against a detected value of the vehicle operator depression of an accelerator pedal and a detected value of the vehicle speed. The ordinary target driving force is a driving force required to keep the vehicle rolling on a flat horizontal road at the detected value of vehicle speed with the detected value of the vehicle operator depression of the accelerator pedal. A running resistance increment, i.e., an increase of running resistance from a standard running resistance, is calculated. A preliminary driving force correction is determined in response to the running resistance increment. The preliminary driving force correction is subjected to variation. The preceding old value of a driving force correction is subtracted from a current value of the preliminary driving force to give a variation in driving force correction. This variation is limited to fall in a range between an upper and a lower limit to give a limited driving force correction variation. The preceding old value of the driving force correction is added to the limited driving force correction variation to give the driving force correction. This driving force correction is added to the ordinary target driving force to give a corrected target driving force. To realize the corrected target driving force, engine torque and CVT ratio are adjusted.

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Morisaki, Japan

Tomoya Kimura