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Patent No.:

US 9096224 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2012

Hybrid vehicle clutch control device

Applicants:

Tomomitsu Terakawa, Anjo, JP;

Yasuhiro Hosoi, Chiryu, JP;

Yuichiro Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;

Yoshihide Suzuki, Toyoake, JP;

Inventors:

Tomomitsu Terakawa, Anjo, JP;

Yasuhiro Hosoi, Chiryu, JP;

Yuichiro Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;

Yoshihide Suzuki, Toyoake, JP;

Assignee:

AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Ramya Burgess

Assistant Examiner:

Lillian Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); F16D 48/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60K 6/547 (2007.10); F16D 29/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); B60L 7/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); F16D 29/005 (2013.01); F16D 48/0206 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4808 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/507 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2270/145 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/4242 (2013.01); F16D 2048/026 (2013.01); Y02T 10/626 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/642 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01); Y10T 477/26 (2015.01);
Abstract

The clutch control device for a hybrid vehicle comprises an engine, an automated manual transmission, a clutch device and a clutch actuator concluding an output rod and a master cylinder which generates a hydraulic pressure therein by closing an idle port in response to the stroke of the output rod, a slave cylinder in fluid communication with the master cylinder through a passage and controlling the clutch device to be in engagement state or disengagement state operated by the hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder and a clutch engagement state holding control portion for temporarily holding the clutch device to be in the engagement state by operating the master cylinder to close the idle port after the engagement state under the vehicle being running under a motor drive mode continued for a predetermined time.

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