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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2019
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Gi Young Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Hun Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung Taek Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hoon Han, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun Woo Lim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong Jun Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A clutch control method for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT is provided. The method includes determining an energy-saving possible period based on a selection state of shifting ranges, operation states of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, and the gradient of a road on which the vehicle is driven. An operation current is set for maintaining a clutch, which is configured to engage the first gear, engaged as 0 A in response to determining that a current state of the vehicle is in the energy-saving possible period.