The control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a mechanical power source; an electric motor to be used when the mechanical power source is started; a first clutch arranged between the mechanical power source and a first transmission mechanism including a plurality of gear shift stages; a second clutch arranged between the mechanical power source and a second transmission mechanism including a plurality of gear shift stages; an electrical power source coupled to an input shaft of the first transmission mechanism; and a control unit for controlling a torque of at least one of the second clutch or the electric motor so as to compensate a braking force decreased upon a gear shift in the electrical power source when a gear shift request for shifting the gear shift stage of the first transmission mechanism is made during a regeneration travel of the electrical power source.

The control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a mechanical power source; an electric motor to be used when the mechanical power source is started; a first clutch arranged between the mechanical power source and a first transmission mechanism including a plurality of gear shift stages; a second clutch arranged between the mechanical power source and a second transmission mechanism including a plurality of gear shift stages; an electrical power source coupled to an input shaft of the first transmission mechanism; and a control unit for controlling a torque of at least one of the second clutch or the electric motor so as to compensate a braking force decreased upon a gear shift in the electrical power source when a gear shift request for shifting the gear shift stage of the first transmission mechanism is made during a regeneration travel of the electrical power source.

The present disclosure provides a shifting control method for hybrid vehicles to reduce the occurrence of a clutch releasing phenomenon due to an excessive change in input torque of a transmission during shifting of the vehicle, including: an entering step of performing, by a controller, a control to enter a torque hand over control in response to power off down shifting; and a rising control step of controlling, by the controller, an engagement side clutch torque to rise to correspond to a changed input torque of a transmission when a change rate in input torque of the transmission is equal to or more than a reference value during the torque hand over process.

The present disclosure provides a clutch control method of a hybrid vehicle of the including an entering condition determining step in which a controller determines whether shifting is being performed during regenerative braking; an error calculating step in which the controller calculates a torque error by subtracting observer torque, which is clutch transfer torque calculated by a clutch torque estimator receiving transmission input torque and motor speed, from map torque, which is clutch transfer torque calculated based on a clutch transfer torque map for clutch actuator strokes learned in advance, when shifting is being performed during regenerative braking; a correcting step in which the controller corrects the clutch transfer torque map for the clutch actuator strokes using the torque error calculated in the error calculating step; and a clutch control step in which the controller controls a clutch using the map corrected in the correcting step.

A launch control method for a vehicle may include a step of increasing clutch torque of a clutch according to a decrease in braking pressure, a step of maintaining a current level of the clutch torque for a first reference duration, a step of gradually reducing the clutch torque within a range which is lower than the first reference torque level and is equal to or greater than a second reference torque level which is lower than the first reference torque level, a step of gradually increasing the clutch torque until the clutch torque reaches a third reference torque level which is higher than the first reference torque level, and a step of bringing the control to a stop when a state in which a clutch slip is less than a predetermined critical synchronous slip is maintained for a predetermined critical synchronization duration or longer than the predetermined critical synchronization duration.

A hybrid drive train (10) for a motor vehicle, includes a dual clutch assembly (14) with a first clutch (K1) and a second clutch (K2) having a shared input element (EG) connectable to an internal combustion engine (12). The first clutch (K1) includes a first output element (AG1), and the second clutch (K2) includes a second output element (AG2). A transmission arrangement (16) includes a first sub-transmission (32) and a second sub-transmission (34). An input shaft (24) of the first sub-transmission (32) is connected to the first output element (AG1), and an input shaft (26) of the second sub-transmission (34) is connected to the second output element (AG2). The dual clutch assembly (14) also includes a third clutch (K3) for connecting the first sub-transmission (32) and the second sub-transmission (34), a first electric machine (56) connected to the first input shaft (24), a second electric machine (60) connected to the second input shaft (26), and a control device (22) for actuating the dual clutch assembly (14), the transmission arrangement (16), the third clutch (K3), and the first electric machine (56) and the second electric machine (60).

A hybrid drive train (10) for a motor vehicle, includes a dual clutch assembly (14) with a first clutch (K1) and a second clutch (K2) having a shared input element (EG) connectable to an internal combustion engine (12). The first clutch (K1) includes a first output element (AG1), and the second clutch (K2) includes a second output element (AG2). A transmission arrangement (16) includes a first sub-transmission (32) and a second sub-transmission (34). An input shaft (24) of the first sub-transmission (32) is connected to the first output element (AG1), and an input shaft (26) of the second sub-transmission (34) is connected to the second output element (AG2). The dual clutch assembly (14) also includes a third clutch (K3) for connecting the first sub-transmission (32) and the second sub-transmission (34), a first electric machine (56) connected to the first input shaft (24), a second electric machine (60) connected to the second input shaft (26), and a control device (22) for actuating the dual clutch assembly (14), the transmission arrangement (16), the third clutch (K3), and the first electric machine (56) and the second electric machine (60).

A method to control a powertrain in a vehicle during an acceleration is provided, the powertrain including a propulsion unit, a multi-clutch transmission drivingly connected to the propulsion unit, and a control unit for controlling at least the powertrain components, which control unit is provided with a prediction model including at least one simulated shift sequence for the multi-clutch transmission. The method involves monitoring at least one operating parameter of the powertrain; estimating the time (tE) between initiation of a first power upshift and initiation of a sequential second power upshift using the prediction model; and, if the estimated time is shorter than a predetermined time limit (tLIM), controlling the propulsion unit to limit the vehicle acceleration so that the time between the first and second power upshifts is increased to be at least equal to the predetermined time limit (tLIM).

A method to control a powertrain in a vehicle during an acceleration is provided, the powertrain including a propulsion unit, a multi-clutch transmission drivingly connected to the propulsion unit, and a control unit for controlling at least the powertrain components, which control unit is provided with a prediction model including at least one simulated shift sequence for the multi-clutch transmission. The method involves monitoring at least one operating parameter of the powertrain; estimating the time (tE) between initiation of a first power upshift and initiation of a sequential second power upshift using the prediction model; and, if the estimated time is shorter than a predetermined time limit (tLIM), controlling the propulsion unit to limit the vehicle acceleration so that the time between the first and second power upshifts is increased to be at least equal to the predetermined time limit (tLIM).

A control apparatus for a transmission including a gear engagement commander outputting a gear engagement command of a sleeve, an actuator controller controlling an actuator to move the sleeve from a neutral position to a gear engaging position when the gear engagement command is output, a gear engagement determiner determining whether an engagement of the sleeve is prevented in a course of moving the sleeve from the neutral position to the gear engaging position; and a motor controlling an electric motor to rotate a rotating shaft so as to change a rotational position of movable dog teeth relative to passive dog teeth when it is determined that the engagement of the sleeve is prevented.