Patent ID: 7115067
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a joint force of a friction-joint component placed in a torque transmitting mechanism mounted on a vehicle, wherein the apparatus is active when the vehicle is running and the friction-joint component receives, as an input torque, a torque generated by a drive source to output the inputted torque, as an outputted torque, from the torque transmitting mechanism, comprising: a calculating unit configured to estimate or detect an actually transmitted torque capacity set to the torque transmitting mechanism; a guideline producing unit configured to produce both a first target operation guideline directed to the torque transmitting mechanism and a second target operation guideline directed to the drive source, the first target operation guideline including information regulating a transmitted torque capacity of the torque transmitting mechanism, wherein the guideline producing unit is configured to produce the second target operation guideline on the basis of the actually transmitted torque capacity; a joint force setting unit configured to set a value to the joint force depending on the information regulating the transmitted torque capacity; a joint force controlling unit configured to control the joint force of the friction-joint component based on the first target operation guideline; and a drive force controlling unit configured to control a drive force of the drive source based on the second target operation guideline, the drive force leading to the torque inputted to the friction-joint component.