Automatic transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10215279-B2
Application number	US-201415031662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 25, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A hydraulic control device is disposed forward of a case housing a speed change mechanism in an on-vehicle state. A detent lever is fixed to the control shaft, has a first end connected to a parking rod, and includes a detent recess with which a detent mechanism is engaged. A swing lever includes a shaft serving as a swing center, a first extension extending from one end of the shaft, and a second extension extending from the other end of the shaft. The first extension is connected to a second end of the detent lever. The second extension is connected to a manual valve. An axial position of the manual valve changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the control shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automatic transmission, comprising:
a case housing a speed change mechanism;
a hydraulic control device disposed forward of the case in an on-vehicle state;
a first axis disposed rearward of the hydraulic control device in the on-vehicle state, and provided with a primary pulley of a belt type continuously variable transmission device;
a second axis disposed rearward of the first axis and provided with a secondary pulley of the belt type continuously variable transmission device and a parking gear;
a control shaft that rotates based on an operation of a shift operation section;
a manual valve used for setting a range of the hydraulic control device based on an axial position of the manual valve and disposed forward of the speed change mechanism in the on-vehicle state;
a parking mechanism including a parking rod for switching a locking pawl between a meshable state in which the locking pawl is allowed to be meshed with the parking gear and a release state;
a detent lever fixed to the control shaft, having a first end connected to the parking rod, and including a detent recess with which a detent mechanism is engaged; and
a swing mechanism including a fulcrum shaft serving as a swing center, a first extension extending from the fulcrum shaft in one direction, and a second extension extending from the fulcrum shaft in another direction, wherein
the control shaft and the parking rod are disposed between the first axis and the second axis in a front-rear direction,
the first extension is connected to a second end of the detent lever, the second extension is connected to the manual valve, and the axial position of the manual valve changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the control shaft, and
the fulcrum shaft of the swing mechanism is provided on a third axis that is parallel to and separate from a fourth axis of the control shaft, and the fulcrum shaft is between the control shaft and the hydraulic control device.

2. The automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
a pin is disposed on one of the detent lever and the first extension,
a long hole to be engaged with the pin is disposed in the other one of the detent lever and the first extension, and
the detent lever is slidably connected to the first extension.

3. The automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
a curvature of the long hole is set in such a manner that a range width of the detent recess of the detent lever corresponds to the axial position of the manual valve for which the range is set.

4. The automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein
the fulcrum shaft is attachable to the case.

5. The automatic transmission according to claim 4 , wherein
the case is provided with a range pressure setting unit for setting a range of the hydraulic control device by switching the range in accordance with the axial position of the manual valve, and
the manual valve is supported in a hole provided in the range pressure setting unit.

6. The automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
the fulcrum shaft is attachable to the case.

7. The automatic transmission according to claim 6 , wherein
the case is provided with a range pressure setting unit for setting a range of the hydraulic control device by switching the range in accordance with the axial position of the manual valve, and
the manual valve is supported in a hole provided in the range pressure setting unit.

8. The automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the first extension is connected to the second end of the detent lever through a connecting rod.

9. The automatic transmission according to claim 8 , wherein
the fulcrum shaft is attachable to the case.

10. The automatic transmission according to claim 9 , wherein
the case is provided with a range pressure setting unit for setting a range of the hydraulic control device by switching the range in accordance with the axial position of the manual valve, and
the manual valve is supported in a hole provided in the range pressure setting unit.

11. The automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the fulcrum shaft is attachable to the case.

12. The automatic transmission according to claim 11 , wherein
the case is provided with a range pressure setting unit for setting a range of the hydraulic control device by switching the range in accordance with the axial position of the manual valve, and
the manual valve is supported in a hole provided in the range pressure setting unit.

Assignees

• Aisin Aw Co
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwatsuru Yuji
• Kadokura Yuki
• Yamamoto Kozo
• Nakada Hirofumi
• Nakagawa Hideki

Classifications

• F16H37/022

  the toothed gearing having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H9/12

  engaging a pulley built-up out of relatively axially-adjustable parts in which the belt engages the opposite flanges of the pulley directly without interposed belt-supporting members · CPC title

• F16H61/0021

  Generation or control of line pressure · CPC title

• F16H63/3416 Primary

  Parking lock mechanisms or brakes in the transmission · CPC title

• F16H61/0265

  for gearshift control, e.g. control functions for performing shifting or generation of shift signals · CPC title