EP0969999A1 - Procede de commande d'une direction assistee electrohydraulique - Google Patents
Procede de commande d'une direction assistee electrohydrauliqueInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D5/00—Power-assisted or power-driven steering
- B62D5/06—Power-assisted or power-driven steering fluid, i.e. using a pressurised fluid for most or all the force required for steering a vehicle
- B62D5/065—Power-assisted or power-driven steering fluid, i.e. using a pressurised fluid for most or all the force required for steering a vehicle characterised by specially adapted means for varying pressurised fluid supply based on need, e.g. on-demand, variable assist
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- the invention relates to a method for controlling an electronically controlled electrohydraulic power steering, for a motor vehicle, intended to reduce the electrical consumption of the electric pump group when steering the vehicle.
- conventional hydraulic steering systems are composed of a hydraulic valve, a hydraulic pump driven by the vehicle engine via a belt, hoses and a coupled double-acting cylinder at the steering rack.
- the drive of the pump by the heat engine allows the mounting of such a system on heavy vehicles, such as trucks.
- electric power steering systems composed of an electric motor, generally a clutch, a reduction gear, a torque sensor, electronic circuits for piloting and controlling the electric motor.
- the latter allow a reduction in the overall consumption of the vehicle, since the system consumes only when the driver requests steering, and also makes it possible to easily offer variable-assist, inexpensive steering.
- the invention relates to the third type of hydraulic steering assistance using an electric pump group.
- a system comprises the same hydraulic elements as a conventional hydraulic steering, as shown in FIG. 1, that is to say a rotary valve 1 mounted on the steering column 2 leading to the steering wheel, a rack-and-pinion steering 3, coupled to an assistance cylinder 4, pipes 5 for supplying oil under high pressure to the rotary valve and pipes 6 for returning oil under low pressure to the pump reservoir 7, geared or paddle , for example, but this is driven by an electric motor 8 powered by the vehicle's electrical network, and constituting an electric pump group with the pump.
- the present invention proposes to optimize the hydraulic power delivered by the electric pump unit providing only the flow rate useful for steering assistance, by controlling the supply voltage of the electric pump group as a function of the stress on the steering by the driver and possibly other information such as the speed of the vehicle, for example, this supply voltage being reduced when the vehicle is traveling in a straight line.
- the object of the invention is a method for controlling an electrohydraulic steering for a motor vehicle, constituted by an electropump group controlled electronically, and comprising a hydraulic circuit, part of which is produced by flexible pipes, characterized in that that the supply voltage U m of the electric pump group is controlled as a function of the stresses of the direction, so that, during the transient phase of pressure build-up of the hydraulic circuit starting from the detection of a stress of the direction, by pressure passage P of the hydraulic circuit to a minimum value p m i n e a threshold value P 1 greater than p i n / l a supply voltage U m of the electropump group passes a standby value U m _ n to a maximum value U ma ⁇ ensuring the swelling of the pipes, and in that, after this transient phase, the supply voltage U m decreases towards an optimal value U OD corresp rippling at a flow rate from the hydraulic pump ensuring steering assistance up to a maximum speed ⁇ , of rotation of the vehicle
- control method according to the invention is such that the supply voltage of the electric pump unit goes from the maximum value to the optimal value after the voltage build-up phase of the hydraulic circuit, ie according to a voltage step , or according to a progressive decrease curve.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a hydraulic supply system for electro-hydraulic power steering:
- FIG. 2 shows an electropump group 9 of electro-hydraulic power steering, controlled by an electronic circuit 10 taking into account one or more additional information, such as the speed of the vehicle V v , and supplied electrically by the vehicle electrical network delivering a voltage U al ⁇ m .
- This electric pump group is connected to a reservoir 11 containing oil which it sends to a valve 12, the latter distributing the oil to a jack 13.
- a first solution currently proposed for reducing the electric consumption of the electric pump group consists in measuring the current I consumed by the motor of the group, this current being the image of the pressure in the hydraulic circuit, therefore of the stress on the steering by the driver. .
- the detection of variations in this current and their comparison with triggering thresholds make it possible to manage the transition from a state of low power to a state of high power and vice versa, obtained by modulation of the supply voltage across the terminals of the electric motor.
- the trigger thresholds can be self-adapting so as to take into account the slow variations of the steering assistance system, due to the viscosity of the oil, the temperature of the oil and of the engine, etc. ...
- a second solution consists in supplementing the previous driving mode by taking into account one or more additional pieces of information, such as the speed of the vehicle.
- FIG. 3 is an example of characteristics of the electric pump group relating to variations in the flow rate Q as a function of the oil pressure p for a low power P ⁇ delivered and for a high power P e corresponding to two supply voltages of the electric pump group , a minimum tension U mj _ when the wheels are in line with the vehicle to reduce the response time of the process, when the steering is used on the one hand and to create a minimum pressure in the hydraulic circuit, the variations of which are measured on the other hand, and a maximum tension ⁇ when the steering is requested.
- a request for steering by the driver results in the passage from an operating point A on the curve P f of low power, corresponding to a displacement of the vehicle in a straight line, to an operating point at B on the curve P e corresponding to a steering operation of the vehicle.
- a first phase, transient occurs corresponding to a rise in pressure in the hydraulic circuit causing the hoses to swell, which causes an additional flow call to the one actually requested to provide the service.
- These flexible pipes are used to meet acoustic constraints aimed at reducing parasitic noise in motor vehicles.
- the electric pump unit is dimensioned so as to obtain, under the supply voltage U al ⁇ m , the maximum flow rate, that is to say the necessary flow rate added to the flow rate caused by the swelling of the pipes, making it possible to ensure correct behavior of the assistance. , without a wall effect, that is to say without reducing the level of assistance during the transient phases.
- the electric pump unit provides a flow which can be broken down into two terms:
- the operating point C corresponds to an electric pump group whose hydraulic circuit is rigid, supplied with a voltage U Q , actually obtained after swelling of the flexible pipes, meeting the specifications established in terms of steering assistance and allowing driver assistance up to a maximum value ⁇ - ⁇ of the flywheel speed determined to provide a correct service to the customer and corresponding to a flow rate Q ( ⁇ 1 ).
- the operating point D corresponds to a group electropump powered at a maximum voltage u max ⁇ u ⁇ P was equal supply pressure u alim Y ant has a standard hydraulic circuit, with one part by hoses meeting the same specifications than before. This point of operation allows assistance up to a maximum value ⁇ 2 of the flywheel speed, greater than the previous value ⁇ -_, corresponding to a flow rate Q ( ⁇ 2 ).
- FIG. 5a is the curve of temporal variations of the supply voltage U of an electric pump unit, controlled during a request from the direction
- FIG. 5b is the curve of temporal variations of the pressure P of the oil in the steering assistance hydraulic circuit.
- the voltage U m has a minimum value U mj _ n , which is not zero, serving as standby voltage.
- the pressure P increases from its minimum value P m i n and its passage through a determined threshold value P ⁇ , at an instant t- ⁇ , causes the voltage U m to rise at a maximum value U ma ⁇ , greater than U m ⁇ n , intended to increase the pressure P to a maximum value P max -
- the time interval separating the moment t-_ of detection of the steering wheel stress and the instant t 2 corresponds to the transient phase of inflation of the pipes.
- This maximum value U ma ⁇ can be equal to the supply voltage U alj _ m of the electric pump group. u m i n -
- the pressure P decreases to its minimum value P min ⁇ the instant t 4 .
- the decrease in the supply voltage U m is only controlled at the instant t 5 after t 4 , after a delay starting at the instant t 3 of detection of the stopping of the solicitation, in order to avoid a new pressure build-up phase in the hydraulic circuit in the event of further stress.
- the solution proposed by the method according to the invention for reducing the electrical consumption of the electric pump group consists in controlling its supply voltage as a function of the demands of the flywheel, determined by parameters dimensioning the assistance such as the current consumed by the electric pump group, or any other information such as vehicle speed.
- the hydraulic assistance circuit is in the oil pressure rise phase, and the method controls the supply voltage of the electric pump group to its maximum value, then reduces this supply voltage, when the hydraulic circuit is under pressure, at an optimal value making it possible to provide steering assistance up to a value of speed of rotation of the flywheel equal to ⁇ -_.
- FIG. 6a is the variation curve of the supply voltage U m , when the method according to the invention is used, for a variation of pressure as a function of the requested stress, represented in FIG. 6b identical to that of the figure 5b.
- This variation can be carried out according to a step represented by dotted lines, or else according to a progressive decrease curve.
- the electric pump group is supplied with maximum voltage U m ⁇ u max 'thus allowing the swelling of the flexible pipes. Then, from the operating point D in FIG. 4, the supply voltage decreases, gradually or not, towards an optimal value U corresponding to a flow rate of the hydraulic pump which assures the assistance of the management up to a speed of rotation of the flywheel equal to the maximum value ⁇ ⁇ , (operating point C in FIG. 4), previously mentioned. After a time delay starting at time t 3 which corresponds to the end of the assistance request, the supply voltage U m resumes its standby value U mj _ n at time t 5 . This gain in supply voltage to the electric pump group, during steering maneuvers, makes it possible to reduce its consumption and therefore its average power consumed. The gain in power is represented by hatching in FIG. 6a.
- the curve of progressive decrease in the supply voltage corresponds to the following equation E, corresponding to a low-pass filtering which aims to delay the decrease in the supply voltage U m and thus ensure the flow required for swelling of the pipes.
- This low-pass filtering P ⁇ relates to a term which depends on the one hand on the instantaneous current I supplied by the motor of the electric pump group, on the maximum current I "flowing through the motor when the oil pressure of the hydraulic circuit is maximum , the current I r output by the engine at rest under standby voltage U m in C ⁇ hen I e vehicle in a straight line, and on the other hand the maximum voltage ma ⁇ which may be equal to the supply voltage U a ii m from the electric pump group - voltage from the electrical network for example - and the optimal voltage U:
- the electric pump group is supplied with a maximum voltage U_ Hl ⁇ _-X,.
- the supply voltage of the electropump group stabilizes at the optimal value U allowing total assistance from the management up to the threshold ⁇ - ⁇ of maximum flywheel speed.
- the time constant of the low-pass filtering must be greater than the hydraulic time constant of the circuit, of the order of a few hundred milliseconds for example.
- the respectively maximum and optimal values U ma ⁇ and U of the supply voltage of the electric pump group can be a function of external information such as the speed of the vehicle.
- the maximum current I M which flows through the motor depending on the temperature it can be recalculated periodically as a function of the stress on the steering.
- the hydraulic power steering control method according to the invention makes it possible to adapt the flow rate of the electric pump group to the flow rate called by the assistance cylinder as a function of the level of assistance required during each maneuver.
- the main advantage of this process is the energy saving brought compared to current processes which do not optimize the flow of the electric pump group during steering maneuvers.
- FIG. 7 shows the gain in power consumed, on a turning profile, between an electro-hydraulic power steering controlled without the method of the invention and a steering controlled with such a method.
- the solid line curve represents the variation of the instantaneous power without the process and the dashed line represents the variation of the instantaneous power optimized thanks to the process.
- Another advantage of this process is that it is applicable to hydraulic steering assisted by an electropump group controlled electronically without the addition of an additional sensor, to measure the vehicle speed or the steering angle for example, since it uses representative information of the motor load and which is already used to control it, information given by its internal resistance, the internal voltage drop or the current output.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR9703858A FR2761329B1 (fr) | 1997-03-28 | 1997-03-28 | Procede de commande d'une direction assistee electrohydraulique |
| FR9703858 | 1997-03-28 | ||
| PCT/FR1998/000628 WO1998043866A1 (fr) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-27 | Procede de commande d'une direction assistee electrohydraulique |
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| EP0969999A1 true EP0969999A1 (fr) | 2000-01-12 |
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| EP98917256A Withdrawn EP0969999A1 (fr) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-27 | Procede de commande d'une direction assistee electrohydraulique |
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| EP (1) | EP0969999A1 (fr) |
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| WO (1) | WO1998043866A1 (fr) |
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| JP4037321B2 (ja) * | 2003-06-09 | 2008-01-23 | 三菱電機株式会社 | 電動油圧式パワーステアリング装置 |
| DE102014222398A1 (de) * | 2014-11-03 | 2016-05-04 | Continental Automotive Gmbh | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Betreiben einer drehzahlgeregelten Fluidpumpe |
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| JP3156350B2 (ja) * | 1992-03-26 | 2001-04-16 | 豊田工機株式会社 | 電動ポンプ式動力舵取装置 |
| JP3525269B2 (ja) * | 1995-03-09 | 2004-05-10 | 光洋精工株式会社 | パワーステアリング装置 |
| JP3547558B2 (ja) * | 1995-10-25 | 2004-07-28 | 光洋精工株式会社 | パワーステアリング装置 |
| JP3557490B2 (ja) * | 1996-02-20 | 2004-08-25 | 光洋精工株式会社 | パワーステアリング装置 |
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