Provided is a power transmission system that can prevent a plunge in power transmission efficiency even when there is a positional shift of a power reception antenna with respect to a power transmission antenna. A power transmission system 100 of the present invention is characterized by including: a power transmission antenna 105 that includes a wound power transmission coil that is placed on the ground; and a power reception antenna 201 that is disposed in such a way as to face the power transmission antenna 105 , includes a wound power reception coil, and receives electric energy from the power transmission antenna 105 via an electromagnetic field, wherein an area (S 1 ) of a first projection plane that is formed by the power transmission coil in a vertical direction with respect to a horizontal plane is larger than an area (S 2 ) of a second projection plane that is formed by the power reception coil in the vertical direction with respect to the horizontal plane.

Power transmission system

A control device for a vehicular drive system is disclosed as including reverse drive for suppression means operative to preclude output member, such as an output shaft and drive wheels, of an automatic transmission portion from inputting a reverse drive force to a differential portion. This prevents a power transmitting member from rotating in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the same with a running position being set. This suppresses a first electric-motor rotation speed, determined with an engine rotation speed and a power transmitting member rotation speed based on the relationship on mutually relative rotation speeds in the differential portion, from increasing to a high level. This results in improved durability of a first electric-motor.

Control device for vehicular drive system

A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including an electric differential portion and a mechanical power transmitting portion which are disposed in series in a power transmitting path between an engine and a drive wheel of a vehicle, the control apparatus being configured to limit an output of the engine according to a difference between an actual rotating speed of an input rotary member of the mechanical power transmitting portion, and a theoretical rotating speed calculated from an actual vehicle speed and a presently established speed ratio of the mechanical power transmitting portion, whereby reduction of torque capacity of an input clutch provided in the mechanical power transmitting portion does not cause an excessive rise of the rotating speed of a rotary member which is located on one side of the input clutch nearer to the engine, and an excessive rise of the rotating speed of an electric motor connected to the input rotary member.

Control apparatus for vehicular drive system

A method and system for executing a shift from a first fixed gear to a second fixed gear in a powertrain system comprising a two-mode, compound-split, electro-mechanical transmission operative to receive a speed input from an engine is described. It includes deactivating an off-going clutch, and generating a time-based profile for rotational speed of an oncoming clutch. The input speed is controlled based upon the rotational speed of the oncoming clutch and an output of the transmission. The oncoming clutch is actuated, preferably when the input speed is synchronized with a rotational speed of an output shaft of the transmission multiplied by a gear ratio of the second fixed gear, preferably after a predetermined elapsed period of time in the range of 500 milliseconds.

Method and apparatus to control an electro-mechanical transmission during shifting event

Vehicular drive system which is small-sized and/or improved in its fuel economy. A power distributing mechanism 16 , which is provided with a differential-state switching device in the form of a switching clutch C 0 and a switching brake B 0 , is switchable by the switching device between a differential state (continuously-variable shifting state) in which the mechanism is operable as an electrically controlled continuously variable transmission, and a fixed-speed-ratio shifting state in which the mechanism is operable as a transmission having a fixed speed ratio or ratios. The power distributing mechanism 16 is placed in the fixed-speed-ratio shifting state during a high-speed running of the vehicle or a high-speed operation of engine 8 , so that the output of the engine 8 is transmitted to drive wheels 38 primarily through a mechanical power transmitting path, whereby fuel economy of the vehicle is improved owing to reduction of a loss of conversion of a mechanical energy into an electric energy. The mechanism 16 is also placed in the fixed-speed-ratio shifting state during a high-output operation of the engine 8 , so that the required electric reaction of first electric motor M 1 can be reduced, whereby the required size of the first electric motor M 1 , and the required size of the drive system 10 including the electric motor M 1 can be reduced.

Vehicular drive system

Disclosed is a control device for a vehicle drive device whereby an improvement in vehicle response to accelerator operation by the driver can be achieved, in a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, a supercharger and an automatic transmission. Gear ratio selection control means (80), when the engine (12) is operating in NA condition, if the engine (12) comes to operate in a supercharged condition on change of ratio of the automatic transmission (16) to a first gear ratio (γ1at) in accordance with the gear-change map, performs gear ratio selection control so as to alter the method of selection of the gear ratio (γat) of the automatic transmission (16) in accordance with an increased rate (SPacc) of opening (Acc) of the accelerator. Specifically, in this gear ratio selection control, at the side where the increased rate (SPacc) of opening (Acc) of the accelerator is least, the automatic transmission (16) changes to a first gear ratio (γ1at), but, at the side where the increased rate (SPacc) of degree of opening (Acc) of the accelerator is greatest, the engine (12) is still maintained in the aforementioned NA condition and the automatic transmission (16) is changed to a second gear ratio (γ2at), which is larger than the first gear ratio (γ1at).

Control device for vehicle drive device

A control device is disclosed which can obtain increased fuel economy performance depending on a kind of fuel in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor when the kind of fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine is altered. A determining vehicle speed (V1) and determining output torque (T1), representing a boundary value with which a step-variable control region and a continuously variable control region of a shifting mechanism (10) are demarcated, are altered such that the higher the mixing ratio of ethanol, the lower will be the determining vehicle speed (V1) and determining output torque (T1). Therefore, the determination is made whether to operate a first electric motor (M1) depending on the mixing ratio of ethanol, making it possible to obtain increased fuel economy performance in line with the mixing ratio of ethanol.

Control device for vehicular power transmitting apparatus

A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system includes a shifting-point changing portion configured to change a shifting point at which a determination to perform a shifting action of a transmission portion is made, such that a shifting portion is changed according to a shifting response of the transmission portion. Alternatively, the control apparatus includes a shift-control start-point changing portion configured to change a shift-control start point at which the determination to perform the shifting action is made, such that the shift-control start point is changed according to the shifting response of the transmission portion, and a compulsory shift-control starting portion configured to make the determination when an operating point of a differential portion electric motor has reached the shift-control start point.

Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system

When an engine is driven on a different type of fuel (for example, ethanol-containing fuel) from a reference fuel (for example, gasoline) and the engine torque is thus greater than that produced when the engine is driven on the reference fuel, a differential state control device expands a non-differential range compared to that at the time when the reference fuel is used. Thus, in the case where a plurality of types of fuel including the reference fuel are supplied to the engine, the advantage of switching a power distribution mechanism between a differential enabled state and a non-differential state can be fully utilized in correspondence with engine torque characteristics which may vary in accordance with the type of fuel for the engine. As a result, the fuel consumption rate can be reduced in correspondence with the plurality of types of fuel supplied to the engine, for example.

Control device for power transmission device for vehicle

A control device is provided for a hybrid vehicle power transmitting apparatus wherein when a fuel type supplied to an engine is altered, a drop in startability of the engine resulting from alteration on the fuel type is suppressed. Fuel-type determining means determines the fuel type for use in operating the engine, based on which a reactive control representing a control of reactive control of a second electric motor counteracting rotational resistance of the engine during engine startup, is altered. Accordingly, second-motor torque (reactive torque) for increasing an engine rotation speed during engine startup is adjusted depending on the fuel type, thereby increasing a temperature of fuel compressed and expanded in the engine, to a level available to initiate an ignition. This prevents the alteration of the fuel type from causing degradation in startability of the engine when the fuel type supplied to the engine is altered.

Tatsuya Imamura

Papers

Control device for vehicle drive device

Control device for vehicular power transmitting apparatus

Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system

Control device for power transmission device for vehicle

Control device for hybrid vehicle power transmitting apparatus