CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL OF A HYBRID POWERTRAIN SYSTEM

Application 1455/KOL/2007 published 2008-07-11, filed 2007-10-24
There is provided a control system for a power train system including an electro-mechanical transmission that is selectively operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes. The control system is adapted to execute the following steps in the sequence set forth as follows. A preferred operating range state is selected. A shift and an engine start/stop operation are selectively executed to achieve the preferred operating range state. A commanded input torque from the internal combustion engine is determined. Commanded output torques of the first and second electrical machines are determined. No. of Pages : 28 No. of Claims : 21

Applicant

1)GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC
:300 GM RENAISSANCE CENTER DETROIT, MICHIGAN U.S.A.

Inventor

1)ANTHONY H. HEAP

International Info

Classification: G05B13/02; G05B13/02

Priority Information

11/561,140 U.S.A. 2006-11-17