Shift control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10260574-B2
Application number	US-201715593431-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 28, 2016
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

A shift control device includes: a selector configured to receive operation of selecting a shift range of an automatic transmission and output selection information corresponding to the operation, the automatic transmission being configured to convert and output driving force of an engine; a range switch controller configured to switch the shift range in accordance with the selection information; a parking mechanism configured to bring the automatic transmission into a parking state by locking rotation of the automatic transmission; a clutch configured to turn on/off transmission of driving force; a clutch controller configured to control operation of the clutch in accordance with the selection information; and a delay setter configured to set delay time until driving of the parking pawl starts on the basis of rotation speed difference and oil temperature of the automatic transmission when selection information indicating that the parking range is selected is output.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shift control device comprising:
a selector configured to receive an operation of selecting a shift range of an automatic transmission and output selection information corresponding to the operation, the automatic transmission being configured to convert and output a driving force of an engine input via a torque converter;
a range switch controller configured to switch the shift range of the automatic transmission in accordance with the selection information output by the selector;
a parking mechanism that comprises a parking gear and a parking pawl, and that is configured to bring the automatic transmission into a parking state by locking rotation of the automatic transmission through engagement of the parking pawl with the parking gear;
a clutch disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and configured to turn on/off transmission of the driving force;
a clutch controller configured to control operation of the clutch in accordance with the selection information output by the selector; and
a delay setter configured to set a delay time until driving of the parking pawl starts, wherein the delay time is set on the basis of a rotation speed difference between a rotation speed of the engine and a rotation speed of a turbine of the torque converter, and an oil temperature of the automatic transmission when the selection information indicating that a parking range is selected is output,
wherein the clutch controller disengages the clutch when the selection information indicating that the parking range is selected is output, and
wherein, when the selection information indicating that the parking range is selected is output, the range switch controller drives the parking pawl and brings the automatic transmission into the parking state when the delay time set by the delay setter has elapsed after the clutch is disengaged by the clutch controller.

2. The shift control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the delay setter obtains a torque ratio based on the rotation speed difference between the rotation speed of the engine and the rotation speed of the turbine of the torque converter, and the oil temperature of the automatic transmission, and
wherein the delay setter sets the delay time in accordance with the torque ratio.

3. The shift control device according to claim 2 , wherein
in a high idling state of the engine, an idle rotation speed of the engine is greater than a threshold idle rotation speed, and
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature at a time of the high idling state and/or stalling.

4. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature when the oil temperature of the automatic transmission is a predetermined temperature or lower, and
the delay setter sets the delay time to zero when the oil temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.

5. The shift control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

6. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

7. The shift control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature when the oil temperature of the automatic transmission is a predetermined temperature or lower, an
the delay setter sets the delay time to zero when the oil temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.

8. The shift control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

9. The shift control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

10. The shift control device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a high idling state of the engine, an idle rotation speed of the engine is greater than a threshold idle rotation speed, and
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature at a time of the high idling state and/or stalling.

11. The shift control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature when the oil temperature of the automatic transmission is a predetermined temperature or lower, and
the delay setter sets the delay time to zero when the oil temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.

12. The shift control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

13. The shift control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

14. The shift control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the delay setter sets the delay time on the basis of the rotation speed difference and the oil temperature when the oil temperature of the automatic transmission is a predetermined temperature or lower, and
the delay setter sets the delay time to zero when the oil temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.

15. The shift control device according to claim 14 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

16. The shift control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the clutch is disposed between the torque converter and the parking mechanism and is a forward clutch or a reverse brake constituting a forward-reverse switching mechanism configured to switch a normal rotation and a reverse rotation of a driving wheel.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Takahiro

Classifications

• F16D2500/3056

  Cooling oil temperature · CPC title

• F16D2500/1107

  Vehicles · CPC title

• F16D2500/1085

  Automatic transmission · CPC title

• F16H2061/0232

  Selecting ratios for bringing engine into a particular state, e.g. for fast warming up or for reducing exhaust emissions · CPC title

• F16H59/54

  dependent on signals from the brakes, e.g. parking brakes · CPC title