Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100222971 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control apparatus for an automatic transmission system having a serial arrangement of a stepwise variable automatic transmission mechanism and a continuously variable automatic transmission mechanism, the control apparatus being disposed in the automatic transmission system and performing a shift control of the continuously variable automatic transmission mechanism in accordance with variation in transmission ratio of the stepwise variable automatic transmission mechanism, the control apparatus including a control section configured to execute a retardation processing upon shift control of one of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the stepwise variable transmission mechanism which has a smaller response delay of an actual transmission ratio from a target transmission ratio than that of the other transmission mechanism. | 09-02-2010 |
20100227736 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a power ON/OFF state judging section; and a shift control section configured to control the stepwise variable transmission mechanism to a target rotational speed by disengaging the first engagement portion and engaging the second engagement portion in accordance with a torque inputted to the stepwise variable transmission mechanism, the shift control section being configured to engage one of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion which has a function to suppress a variation of an input rotational speed of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is generated by a switching of the power ON/OFF state when the power ON/OFF state is switched at the shift control of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism, and to disengage the other of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228449 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control system controls an automatic transmission. The automatic transmission comprises a stepwise variable transmission section that includes a plurality of frictional elements and establishes a desired speed by a shift change disengaging one of the frictional elements and engaging the other of the frictional elements and a continuously variable transmission section that establishes a desired speed continuously. The control system makes a speed change control of the continuously variable transmission section cooperate with a change of an input rotation speed of the stepwise variable transmission section. The control system is configured to carry out during the shift change of the stepwise variable transmission section, judging whether a delivery of a torque from a disengaging side frictional element to an engaging side frictional element is completed or not; and starting the speed change control of the continuously variable transmission section upon judgment of the completion of the delivery of the torque regarding that an inertial phase has started. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228450 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control apparatus of an automatic transmission has an engagement part, a power-ON/OFF state judgment section and a control section controlling a capacity of the engagement part. The control section compares an actual input revolution speed difference absolute value of an absolute value of a difference between an input revolution speed when engaged and an actual input revolution speed with a target input revolution speed difference absolute value of an absolute value of a difference between the input revolution speed when engaged and a target input revolution speed, then a deviation is determined by subtracting the target input revolution speed difference absolute value from the actual input revolution speed difference absolute value. When the deviation is positive, the capacity is increased. When the deviation is negative, the capacity is reduced. When the deviation is zero, a previous capacity that is set before the comparison of the both absolute values is maintained. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228454 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In control apparatus and method for an automatic transmission, a gear shift state of a stepwise variable transmission mechanism is controlled to a target gear shift state by releasing a first engagement section according to a reduction in a capacity of the first engagement section and, simultaneously, by engaging a second engagement section according to an increase in the capacity of the second engagement section, in accordance with a torque inputted to the stepwise variable transmission mechanism and, during an inertia phase, either one of the first and second engagement sections functions as a gear shift state control side engagement section and the capacity of a gear shift state non-control side engagement section which is the other engagement section is increased when determining that it is impossible to make the gear shift state follow up the target gear shift state at the gear shift state control side engagement section. | 09-09-2010 |
20100248875 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A transmission controller permits a 2-1 shift, in which a gear position of a subtransmission mechanism is changed from a second speed to a first speed, when an accelerator pedal has been depressed to or above a predetermined opening. The gear position of the subtransmission mechanism is changed from the second speed to the first speed when an actual through speed ratio passes a mode switch line from a High side to a Low side while the 2-1 shift is permitted in the subtransmission mechanism. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248886 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A continuously variable transmission includes a variator capable of varying a speed ratio continuously, and a subtransmission mechanism provided in series with the variator. When an actual through speed ratio passes a predetermined mode switch speed ratio, a transmission controller performs a coordinated shift in which a gear position of the subtransmission mechanism is changed and a speed ratio of the variator is varied in an opposite direction to a speed ratio variation direction of the subtransmission mechanism. When the rapid deceleration is determined to be underway, the transmission controller decreases a speed ratio variation amount of the variator in the direction of a High side accompanied by a downshift of the subtransmission mechanism compared with the coordinated shift. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248894 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A continuously variable transmission includes a variator capable of varying a speed ratio continuously, and a subtransmission mechanism provided in series with the variator. On the basis of an operating condition of a vehicle, a transmission controller sets a destination through speed ratio, which is an overall speed ratio of the variator and the subtransmission mechanism to be realized in accordance with the operating condition, and controls the variator and the subtransmission mechanism on the basis thereof. When shifts are prohibited in the subtransmission mechanism, the destination through speed ratio is limited to a speed ratio range that can be realized only by a shift in the variator. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248895 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The transmission controller changes the gear position of the subtransmission mechanism and varies the speed ratio of the variator in an opposite direction to a speed ratio variation direction of the subtransmission mechanism when the actual through speed ratio passes a predetermined mode switch line. When the improvement in the shift response of the continuously variable transmission is determined to be required and the actual through speed ratio passes the mode switch line from a Low side to the High side, the transmission controller increases a shift speed of the subtransmission mechanism compared with a normal coordinated shift. | 09-30-2010 |
20110015033 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The transmission controller performs a non-coordinated shift, in which the gear position of the subtransmission mechanism is modified from the second gear position to the first gear position at a higher speed than when the gear position of the subtransmission mechanism is modified by a coordinated shift while permitting a deviation between the through speed ratio and the target through speed ratio, instead of the coordinated shift when it is determined that the second speed kick down shift is to be performed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110015834 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a vehicle stops in a travel range, a transmission controller sets a subtransmission mechanism in a second speed interlocking condition in which a torque input into a continuously variable transmission is transmitted in a second gear position and both a frictional engagement element of a first gear position and a frictional engagement element of the second gear position are engaged, and when a predetermined condition is established while the vehicle is stationary, the transmission controller reduces an output shaft torque of the continuously variable transmission. | 01-20-2011 |
20110015835 | CONTROL OF AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A control device for a vehicle continuously variable transmission | 01-20-2011 |
20110015836 | SHIFT CONTROL OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission mechanism | 01-20-2011 |
20110015837 | CONTROL OF AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A control device for a vehicle continuously variable transmission | 01-20-2011 |
20110015838 | SHIFT CONTROL OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A continuously variable transmission | 01-20-2011 |
20110015839 | CONTROL OF AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A control device for a vehicle continuously variable transmission | 01-20-2011 |
20110015840 | SHIFT CONTROL OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A subtransmission mechanism | 01-20-2011 |
20120059556 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD - The shift control unit shifts the sub-transmission mechanism while changing the speed ratio of the variator in response to a change in the speed ratio of the sub-transmission mechanism so that the through speed ratio does not change after the through speed ratio is caused to reach the final through speed ratio by changing only the speed ratio of the variator if the speed ratio corresponding to the shift instruction from the driver is between a first speed ratio at which the sub-transmission mechanism is in the second gear position at the high speed side and the speed ratio of the variator is lowest and a second speed ratio at which the sub-transmission mechanism is in the first gear position at the low speed side and the speed ratio of the variator is highest when the manual mode is selected. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059557 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORE - A transmission control unit reduces a hydraulic pressure of a release-side frictional engagement element which is to be released of a sub-transmission mechanism and reduces this reduction amount as an input torque to the sub-transmission mechanism increases at the time of starting a shift when a manual mode is selected, the input torque is positive and the sub-transmission mechanism is to be shifted down. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059558 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND POWER ON/OFF DETERMINATION METHOD - In a manual mode, a gear position of a continuously variable transmission is selected based on an input operation from a driver, a final through speed ratio is set based on the selected gear position and a variator and a sub-transmission mechanism are controlled to realize the final through speed ratio. Whether an input torque to the sub-transmission mechanism is positive or negative is determined based on an input torque to the sub-transmission mechanism when the manual mode is selected. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059559 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD - The shift control unit executes a control to cause the through speed ratio to follow the final through speed ratio by changing only the speed ratio of the variator if a shift instruction is given from the driver a plurality of times in a row when the manual mode is selected, and advances the start of a change in the speed ratio of the sub-transmission mechanism or accelerates the progression of the change of the speed ratio as compared with the case where the manual mode is not selected when the speed ratio of the variator is maximized or minimized and the through speed ratio cannot follow the final through speed ratio. | 03-08-2012 |
20120083977 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD - Continuously variable transmission includes: a variator; a stepwise auxiliary transmission mechanism; and a shift controller configured to set a desired through transmission ratio based on the calculated desired target rotational speed, the shift control section including; a slope road upshift prohibiting section configured to prohibit upshift of the auxiliary transmission mechanism when the vehicle runs on a slope road, and a slope road upshift section configured to upshift the auxiliary transmission mechanism when the vehicle runs in a predetermined running state when the slope road upshift prohibiting section prohibits upshift of the auxiliary transmission mechanism, and to perform the shift of the auxiliary transmission mechanism while the transmission ratio of the variator is varied in accordance with the variation of the transmission ratio of the auxiliary transmission mechanism to prevent varying the through transmission ratio even when the vehicle runs on the slope road. | 04-05-2012 |
20120298462 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - In the case of a return from an idle stop control in which an engine is automatically stopped, a hydraulic pressure is so supplied that a low brake is set in a completely engaged state and a high clutch is set in a slip interlock state where the high clutch is not completely engaged. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302400 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - When the temperature of oil supplied to an electrical oil pump is detected and the oil temperature is lower or higher than normal oil temperature, a gradient threshold value smaller than that at normal oil temperature is set, a gradient of a road surface on which a vehicle is stopped is detected, and an idle stop is prohibited when the detected gradient of the road surface is larger than the set gradient threshold value. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302402 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A transmission controller operates an electrical oil pump in a steady mode, in which an operating load of the electrical oil pump is set at a steady load, during an idle stop, but operates the electrical oil pump in a high-pressure mode, in which the operating load of the electrical oil pump is higher than the steady load, for a predetermined period when an engine stops rotating. | 11-29-2012 |
20120322613 | CONTROL DEVICE OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - A control device continuously variable transmission for vehicle according to the present invention includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism capable of continuously changing a speed ratio, a sub-transmission mechanism provided in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, including a first gear position and a second gear position having a smaller speed ratio than the first gear position as forward gear positions and adapted to switch between the first gear position and the second gear position by selectively engaging or releasing a plurality of frictional engagement elements, and a transmission control unit wherein a vehicle is stopped with the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism kept in the second gear position when being stopped in a state where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism is in the second gear position. | 12-20-2012 |
20130013160 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The transmission controller changes the gear position of the subtransmission mechanism and varies the speed ratio of the variator in an opposite direction to a speed ratio variation direction of the subtransmission mechanism when the actual through speed ratio passes a predetermined mode switch line. When the improvement in the shift response of the continuously variable transmission is determined to be required and the actual through speed ratio passes the mode switch line from a Low side to the High side, the transmission controller increases a shift speed of the subtransmission mechanism compared with a normal coordinated shift. | 01-10-2013 |
20150051032 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A transmission controller detects a rotation, speed of an input shaft, calculates an inertia torque input to a continuously variable transmission based on a change ratio of the detected rotation speed, obtains a positive inertia torque by extracting a positive portion from the calculated inertia torque, and corrects pulley pressures based on the extracted positive inertia torque. | 02-19-2015 |
20150075360 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - In a hydraulic control circuit including a solenoid valve, whose change responsiveness in an actual pressure with respect to a change in an instructional pressure deteriorates when the instructional pressure enters a dead band region on a lower pressure side than a dead band threshold, for adjusting a hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic device operated by the hydraulic pressure based on the instructional pressure, the instructional pressure is increased in a stepwise manner to a charge pressure higher than the dead band threshold, when the instructional pressure is set in the dead band region and the instructional pressure increases within the dead band region to such an extent that a speed ratio does not change. Then, a lower limit of the instructional pressure is set to the dead band threshold, and use of the dead band region is prohibited for a certain period of time. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080156 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND ITS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD - A target primary pressure and a target secondary pressure are set based on a speed ratio, a target line pressure as a target value of a line pressure is set to be a value obtained by adding an offset amount, as a positive value, to either one having a higher value out of the target primary pressure and the target secondary pressure, in at least a cross-point region as a region where an absolute value of a deviation, obtained by subtracting the target primary pressure from the target secondary pressure, is smaller than a predetermined deviation, and a primary pressure, a secondary pressure, and the line pressure are controlled to be the target primary pressure, the target secondary pressure, and the target line pressure, respectively. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081181 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND ITS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD - A transmission controller determines whether a shift returning to low, changing a speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission to the lowest when a vehicle decelerates, is being performed or not, calculates a primary pressure measured lower limit value at which a belt begins to slip actually, based on a deceleration of the vehicle and the speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission, and sets a lower limit value of a target value of the primary pressure during the shift returning to low as the primary pressure measured lower limit value. | 03-19-2015 |