Device and method for hydraulically controlling continuously variable transmission for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10520082-B2
Application number	US-201615757093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A hydraulic pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which a continuously variable transmission mechanism; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a shift control means, the hydraulic pressure control device includes: the shift control means including a line pressure control section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, and the line pressure control section being configured to continue the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is finished when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is increased.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism disposed between a traveling drive source and a driving wheel; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which includes a plurality of frictional engagement elements; a shift control section configured to shift the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a line pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate a line pressure of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a primary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the primary pressure based on the line pressure; and a secondary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the secondary pressure based on the line pressure, the hydraulic pressure control device comprising:
the shift control section including a line pressure control section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, and
the line pressure control section being configured to continue the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is finished when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is increased,
wherein when a cooperative shift to shift the continuously variable transmission mechanism in a direction opposite to the shift direction of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism in accordance with the upshift of the stepwise transmission mechanism is performed, the shift control section is configured to increase the secondary pressure to be greater than the hydraulic pressure before the cooperative shift and the line pressure control section is configured to finish the increase of the line pressure after a delay time period is elapsed from a timing of an end of the cooperative control.

2. A hydraulic pressure control method for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism disposed between a traveling drive source and a driving wheel; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which includes a plurality of frictional engagement elements; a shift control section configured to shift the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a line pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate a line pressure of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a primary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the primary pressure based on the line pressure; and a secondary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the secondary pressure based on the line pressure, the hydraulic pressure control device comprising:
increasing the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure; and
continuing the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is finished when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is increased,
increasing the secondary pressure to be greater than the hydraulic pressure before a cooperative shift when the cooperative shift to shift the continuously variable transmission mechanism in a direction opposite to the shift direction of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism in accordance with the upshift of the stepwise transmission mechanism is performed; and
finishing the increase of the line pressure after a delay time period is elapsed from a timing of an end of the cooperative control.

3. A hydraulic pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism disposed between a traveling drive source and a driving wheel; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which includes a plurality of frictional engagement elements; a shift control section configured to shift the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a line pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate a line pressure of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a primary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the primary pressure based on the line pressure; and a secondary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the secondary pressure based on the line pressure, the hydraulic pressure control device comprising:
the shift control section including a line pressure control section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, and
the line pressure control section being configured to continue the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is finished when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is increased,
wherein the line pressure control section is configured to continue the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise transmission mechanism is finished when a belt load is a low load.

4. The hydraulic pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the line pressure control section is configured to decrease the line pressure to be smaller than the line pressure before the generation of the oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in a case where the belt load is not the low load.

5. The hydraulic pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 4 , wherein when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is decreased, the line pressure control section is configured to finish the decrease of the line pressure at a judgment of the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism.

6. A hydraulic pressure control method for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism disposed between a traveling drive source and a driving wheel; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which includes a plurality of frictional engagement elements; a shift control section configured to shift the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a line pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate a line pressure of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a primary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the primary pressure based on the line pressure; and a secondary pressure regulating valve arranged to regulate the secondary pressure based on the line pressure, the hydraulic pressure control device comprising:
increasing the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure; and
continuing the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise var

Assignees

• Jatco Ltd
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Kawamoto Yoshinobu
• Tanaka Hiroyasu

Classifications

• F16H61/702 Primary

  using electric or electrohydraulic control means · CPC title

• F16H61/662 Primary

  with endless flexible members · CPC title

• F16H2200/2007

  with two sets of orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H2200/0034

  the gear ratios comprising two forward speeds · CPC title

• F16H61/02

  characterised by the signals used · CPC title