US 12,092,207 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle
Sunghwa Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Hoegab Kim, Ansan-si (KR); and Ho Young Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,989.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0141167 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0141986 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 61/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/143 (2013.01) [F16H 2061/145 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
an engine comprising at least one combustion chamber configured to generate power for driving the vehicle by combustion of fuel;
a torque converter comprising an impeller, a turbine, and a damper clutch, the torque converter being configured to convert torque output from the engine through an operation fluid;
a continuously variable transmission comprising a driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a belt;
a forward clutch configured to selectively block power delivery between the torque converter and the continuously variable transmission; and
a controller configured to perform a slip control of the forward clutch while the vehicle is coasting, re-inject fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine when a fuel re-injection condition is satisfied, release engagement of the damper clutch after performing a slip control of the damper clutch of the torque converter, and fully engage the forward clutch.