Control device of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10774902-B2
Application number	US-201916354537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission includes a first engagement control portion selecting a selected gear shift position having a synchronous rotation speed lower than an actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal and increasing an engagement force of an engagement element establishing the selected gear shift position to immediately increase a drive force of the vehicle; and a second engagement control portion engaging the engagement element establishing the target gear shift position when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission reaches a determination rotation speed set for determination of attainment to the synchronous rotation speed of the target gear shift position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission applied to a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission including a plurality of engagement elements and establishing each of a plurality of gear shift positions by changing a combination of a predetermined number of engagement elements out of the plurality of engagement elements, the control device bringing the multi-speed automatic transmission into a neutral state by releasing one of the predetermined number of engagement elements in coasting running according to a releasing operation of an accelerator pedal and establishing a target gear shift position corresponding to a vehicle running state so that the vehicle is returned from the coasting running when a depressing operation of the accelerator pedal is made to return from the coasting running, the control device comprising:
a first engagement control portion selecting a selected gear shift position having a synchronous rotation speed lower than an actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal and increasing an engagement force of an engagement element establishing the selected gear shift position to immediately increase a drive force of the vehicle; and
a second engagement control portion engaging the engagement element establishing the target gear shift position when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission reaches a determination rotation speed set for determination of attainment to the synchronous rotation speed of the target gear shift position.

2. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the first engagement control portion sets as the selected gear shift position a gear shift position on a lowermost speed side out of the gear shift positions each having a synchronous rotation speed lower than the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission.

3. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the first engagement control portion limits the selected gear shift position so as not to be a gear shift position on the lower speed side than the target gear shift position.

4. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
the first engagement control portion limits the selected gear shift position so as not to be a gear shift position on the lower speed side than the target gear shift position.

5. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission is lower than a synchronous rotation speed of a highest-speed gear shift position at the time of return from coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal, the first engagement control portion delays selection of the selected gear shift position until the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission becomes equal to or greater than the synchronous rotation speed of the highest-speed gear shift position.

6. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission is lower than a synchronous rotation speed of a highest-speed gear shift position at the time of return from coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal, the first engagement control portion delays selection of the selected gear shift position until the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission becomes equal to or greater than the synchronous rotation speed of the highest-speed gear shift position.

7. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein
when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission is lower than a synchronous rotation speed of a highest-speed gear shift position at the time of return from coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal, the first engagement control portion delays selection of the selected gear shift position until the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission becomes equal to or greater than the synchronous rotation speed of the highest-speed gear shift position.

8. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 4 , wherein
when the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission is lower than a synchronous rotation speed of a highest-speed gear shift position at the time of return from coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal, the first engagement control portion delays selection of the selected gear shift position until the actual input rotation speed of the multi-speed automatic transmission becomes equal to or greater than the synchronous rotation speed of the highest-speed gear shift position.

9. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

10. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

11. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

12. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 4 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

13. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 5 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

14. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 6 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided from a shift diagram stored in advance based on an actual vehicle speed and a drive power request amount at the time of return from the coasting running due to the depressing operation of the accelerator pedal.

15. The control device of a vehicle including a multi-speed automatic transmission according to claim 7 , wherein
the target gear shift position is decided fro

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsukamoto Norihiro
• Owatari Masakazu

Classifications

• F16H61/04 Primary

  Smoothing ratio shift · CPC title

• F16H3/663

  with conveying rotary motion between axially spaced orbital gears, e.g. a stepped orbital gear or Ravigneaux · CPC title

• F16H2061/0488

  during range shift from neutral (N) to drive (D) · CPC title

• F16H3/66 Primary

  composed of a number of gear trains without drive passing from one train to another · CPC title

• F16H2200/2002

  characterised by the number of sets of orbital gears · CPC title