Control device for power transmission device and control method for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501066-B2
Application number	US-201715701566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A control device for a power transmission device including an automatic transmission and a sub transmission is provided. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a rotation speed decrease control in which at least one frictional engagement device is controlled to be an engaged state or a semi-engaged state at a time when switching of gear stage of the sub transmission is started or a time when the switching is started. The electronic control unit is configured to end the rotation speed decrease control during switching of the gear stage. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the sub transmission from the power transmission cutoff state to a state in which one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element is engaged, during disengagement of the at least one frictional engagement device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for a power transmission device, the power transmission device being mounted on a vehicle, the power transmission device including an automatic transmission and a sub transmission,
the automatic transmission including a plurality of frictional engagement devices,
the sub transmission being disposed in a power transmission path between the automatic transmission and driving wheels of the vehicle, the sub transmission being configured to change a rotation speed of an output shaft of the automatic transmission, the sub transmission including a high-speed engagement element and a low-speed engagement element, gear stages of the sub transmission including a high-speed gear stage and a low-speed gear stage,
the high-speed engagement element being configured to be engaged when the high-speed gear stage is established,
the low-speed engagement element being configured to be engaged when the low-speed gear stage is established,

the control device comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to switch the gear stage of the sub transmission,
when the electronic control unit switches the gear stage of the sub transmission, the electronic control unit being configured to control one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element under engagement to be disengaged and configured to control the other one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element to be engaged via a power transmission cutoff state,
the electronic control unit being configured to perform a rotation speed decrease control of decreasing the rotation speed of the output shaft of the automatic transmission,
the electronic control unit being configured to perform the rotation speed decrease control in which at least one frictional engagement device of the plurality of frictional engagement devices is controlled to be one of an engaged state and a semi-engaged state at one of a time point before switching of the gear stage of the sub transmission is started and a time point at which the switching is started,
the electronic control unit being configured to end the rotation speed decrease control during switching of the gear stage of the sub transmission, and
the electronic control unit being configured to switch the sub transmission from the power transmission cutoff state to a state in which one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element that are engaged after the gear stage of the sub transmission is switched is engaged, during disengagement of the at least one frictional engagement device.

2. The control device for a power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the automatic transmission includes a temperature detector that detects an oil temperature of a hydraulic oil in the automatic transmission, and
the electronic control unit is configured to set a period from a time point at which a command for switching the gear stage of the sub transmission is output to a time point at which the rotation speed decrease control is ended to be longer as the oil temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the temperature detector becomes higher.

3. The control device for a power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to end the rotation speed decrease control when the electronic control unit determines that malfunction has occurred in the temperature detector.

4. The control device for a power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to end the rotation speed decrease control at the same time as outputting the command for switching the gear stage of the sub transmission in a range in which the oil temperature of the hydraulic oil is equal to or lower than a preset low temperature threshold value.

5. The control device for a power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to engage the frictional engagement devices such that the rotation speed of the output shaft of the automatic transmission decreases.

6. A control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including a power transmission device and an electronic control unit, the power transmission device including an automatic transmission and a sub transmission,
the automatic transmission including a plurality of frictional engagement devices,
the sub transmission being disposed in a power transmission path between the automatic transmission and driving wheels of the vehicle, the sub transmission being configured to change a rotation speed of an output shaft of the automatic transmission, the sub transmission including a high-speed engagement element and a low-speed engagement element, a gear stage of the sub transmission including a high-speed gear stage and a low-speed gear stage,
the high-speed engagement element being configured to be engaged when the high-speed gear stage is established,
the low-speed engagement element being configured to be engaged when the low-speed gear stage is established,

the control method comprising:
switching, by the electronic control unit, the gear stage of the sub transmission;
when the electronic control unit switches the gear stage of the sub transmission, controlling, by the electronic control unit, one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element under engagement to be disengaged, and controlling, by the electronic control unit, the other one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element to be engaged via a power transmission cutoff state;
performing, by the electronic control unit, a rotation speed decrease control of decreasing the rotation speed of the output shaft of the automatic transmission;
performing, by the electronic control unit, the rotation speed decrease control in which at least one frictional engagement device of the plurality of frictional engagement devices is controlled to be one of an engaged state and a semi-engaged state at one of a time point before switching of the gear stage of the sub transmission is started and a time point at which the switching is started;
ending, by the electronic control unit, the rotation speed decrease control during switching of the gear stage of the sub transmission; and
switching, by the electronic control unit, the sub transmission from the power transmission cutoff state to a state in which one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element that are engaged after the gear stage of the sub transmission is switched is engaged, during disengagement of the at least one frictional engagement device.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Arai Masayuki
• Takaira Koji
• Takahashi Akinori

Classifications

• B60K20/00

  Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles · CPC title

• B60W20/30

  Control strategies involving selection of transmission gear ratio {(control of change speed gearings, together with other vehicle sub-units B60W10/10; HEV transmission gearing B60K6/36; gearings and control thereof F16H)} · CPC title

• B60K17/344

  having a transfer gear · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title

• B60K2023/0858

  with electric means, e.g. electro-hydraulic means · CPC title