Shift control system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10479182-B2
Application number	US-201815902546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A shift control system includes a controller that controls a transmission and a hydraulic controller. During an inertia phase where an input speed of the transmission changes toward a synchronous speed in a gear stage after a shift, the controller sets an oil pressure of a specific frictional engagement of a plurality of frictional engagement devices to an oil pressure that, at a time of the shift, exceeds a first oil pressure to set a transmission torque capacity equal to a first drive torque applied to the specific frictional engagement device of a drive torque outputted from a prime mover, but is less than a second oil pressure to set a transmission torque capacity equal to a second drive torque which is the first drive torque to which has been added an inertia torque generated by inertia on a prime mover side accompanying a change in speed ratio.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift control system for vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of engagement devices set to torque capacities based on oil pressures supplied;
a geared transmission coupled to an output shaft of a prime mover and including the plurality of engagement devices;
a hydraulic controller that controls the oil pressures with respect to the plurality of engagement devices in order to shift a gear stage of the transmission to another gear stage having a different speed ratio; and
a controller that controls the transmission,
wherein the controller is configured so that, during a shift of the transmission, in an inertia phase where an input speed of the transmission changes toward a synchronous speed in a gear stage after the shift, the controller controls an oil pressure of a predetermined engagement device to be engaged to establish the gear stage after the shift, and
in the inertia phase, the oil pressure of the predetermined engagement device is set to an oil pressure which is higher than a first oil pressure to set a torque capacity for transmitting from the prime mover a first drive torque acting on the predetermined engagement device, but lower than a second oil pressure to set a torque capacity for transmitting a second drive torque which is a total of an inertia torque caused by a change in speed of the prime mover and the first drive torque.

2. The shift control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined engagement device is maintained in an engaged state before and after the shift.

3. The shift control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined engagement device is completely engaged by having an engagement oil pressure of the predetermined engagement device boosted earliest of the engagement devices to be engaged after the shift.

4. The shift control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the first oil pressure includes a theoretical value found based on a torque acting on the predetermined engagement device, and
the second oil pressure includes an oil pressure to set a torque capacity for transmitting a torque calculated by multiplying the theoretical value by a predetermined safety factor.

5. The shift control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detector that detects a speed difference between an input member by which a drive torque is transmitted from the prime mover in the predetermined engagement device and an output member engaged with the input member,
wherein the inertia phase includes a synchronous phase where the speed difference will be in a range exceeding a first threshold value, but being less than a second threshold value that has a larger value than the first threshold value.

6. The shift control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a torque converter provided on an input side of the transmission,
wherein the torque converter includes a lockup clutch that, by engaging, transmits unchanged to the transmission a torque of the prime mover, and
the controller is configured to engage the lockup clutch in the inertia phase.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shiozaki Junichi

Classifications

• F16H2061/0462

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• B60Y2300/20

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• F16H61/061 Primary

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• F16H2200/006

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• F16D2500/3109

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