Shift control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10907732-B2
Application number	US-201815996187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Priority date	Sep 20, 2017
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A shift control device includes a hydraulic circuit and a control unit. The hydraulic circuit is provided with multiple actuation valves. The control unit is configured to switch positions or states of each of the multiple actuation valves in accordance with a shift position command by a shift operation device. The hydraulic circuit is configured to couples a hydraulic oil supply source to one of travel actuators in an automatic transmission in multiple circuit states where the position or the state of at least one of the multiple actuation valves differs.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shift control device comprising:
a hydraulic circuit provided with multiple actuation valves; and
a control unit configured to switch positions or states of each of the actuation valves in accordance with a shift position command by a shift operation device,
wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured to couple a hydraulic oil supply source to one of travel actuators in an automatic transmission in circuit states where the position or the state of at least one of the actuation valves differs,
wherein, upon a failure in one of the actuation valves of a change to the state corresponding to the shift position by the hydraulic circuit, the control unit chances the positions or states of an other of the actuation valves to correspond to the shift position and unenergizes the one of the actuation valves.

2. The shift control device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the actuation valves are capable of each of the states for the shift operation device.

3. A shift control device comprising:
a hydraulic circuit provided with actuation valves; and
a control unit configured to switch positions or states of each of the actuation valves in accordance with a shift position command by a shift operation device,
wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured to couple a hydraulic oil supply source to one of travel actuators in an automatic transmission in circuit states where the position or the state of at least one of the actuation valves differ,
wherein the actuation valves include:
a first switching valve and a second switching valve, each of which is at least switchable between a first position and a second position; and
a control valve configured to be switched between an opened state where the supply source is capable of being coupled to the travel actuators and a closed state where the supply source cannot be coupled to the travel actuators, and

wherein the hydraulic circuit couples the supply source to one of the travel actuators in a first travel circuit state where the control valve is in the opened state, where the first switching valve is at the first position, and where the second switching valve is at the second position and in a second travel circuit state where the control valve is in the opened state, where the first switching valve is at the second position, and the second switching valve is at the first position.

4. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic circuit blocks all of the travel actuators from the supply source in a first stop circuit state where the control valve is in the closed state, where the first switching valve is at the first position, and where the second switching valve is at the second position and in a second stop circuit state where the control valve is in the closed state, where the first switching valve is at the second position, and where the second switching position is at the first state.

5. The shift control device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first control valve and a second control valve, each of which is configured to be controlled by the control unit and is actuated by energization,
wherein the first switching valve is held at the first position when the first control valve is in an energized state, and the first switching valve is held at the second position when the first control valve is in an unenergized state, and
wherein the second switching valve is held at the first position when the second control valve is in an energized state, and the second switching valve is held at the second position when the second control valve is in an unenergized state.

6. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the actuation valves include:
a first switching valve and a second switching valve, each of which is at least switchable between a first position and a second position; and
a control valve configured to be switched between an opened state where the supply source is capable of being coupled to the travel actuators and a closed state where the supply source cannot be coupled to the travel actuators.

7. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein an opening degree of at least one of the actuation valves is linearly controlled in accordance with a current value where the at least one of the actuation valves are brought into a fully opened state in an unenergized state and maximizes an opening degree of a supply oil passage and, when the current value becomes equal to or greater than a specified value, the at least one of the actuation valves shuts off the supply oil passage, and
wherein, when the supply oil passage is shut off, at this time, the at least one of the actuation valves communicates a downstream side of the at least one of the actuation valves in the supply oil passage with the hydraulic oil supply source.

8. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic circuit further includes a drain oil passage,
wherein the drain oil passage couples the actuation valves and the hydraulic oil supply source together,
wherein, in the drain oil passage, pressure holding valves are provided in parallel,
wherein, when a pressure of the drain oil passage on an upstream side of the pressure holding valves is lower than a predetermined pressure, the pressure holding valves are held in closed states and block the communication between the hydraulic oil supply source and each oil passage of the oil passages in the hydraulic circuit.

9. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic circuit further includes a drain oil passage,
wherein the drain oil passage couples the actuation valves and the hydraulic oil supply source together,
wherein, in the drain oil passage, pressure holding valves are provided in parallel,
wherein, when the pressure of the drain oil passage on an upstream side of the pressure holding valves becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure, the pressure holding valves are brought into opened states and communicate between the hydraulic oil supply source and each oil passage of the oil passages in the hydraulic circuit.

10. The shift control device according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic circuit further includes a drain oil passage,
wherein, in the drain oil passage, pressure holding valves are provided in parallel,
wherein each of the pressure holding valves holds the pressure of the drain oil passage at the predetermined pressure.

11. The shift control device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the pressure holding valves includes a one-way valve that only permits a flow of the hydraulic oil in one direction between the actuation valves.

12. The shift control device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a first control valve and a second control valve, each of which is configured to be controlled by the control unit and is actuated by energization,
wherein the first switching valve is held at the first position when the first control valve is in an energized state, and the first switching valve is held at the second position when the first control valve is in an unenergized state, and
wherein the second switching valve is held at the first position when the second control valve is in an energized state, and the second switching valve is held at the second position when the second control valve is in an unenergized state.

13. A shift control device comprising:
a hydraulic circuit provided with multiple actuation valves; and
circuitry configured to switch positions or states of each of the actuation valves in accordance with a shift position command by a shift operation device,
wherein the hydraulic circuit is

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Kidachi Daisuke
• Murakami Mamoru
• Tsuji Taichi

Classifications

• F16H61/0206

  Layout of electro-hydraulic control circuits, e.g. arrangement of valves · CPC title

• F15B2211/71

  Multiple output members, e.g. multiple hydraulic motors or cylinders · CPC title

• F15B2211/8752

  Emergency operation mode, e.g. fail-safe operation mode · CPC title

• F15B2211/6658

  Control using different modes, e.g. four-quadrant-operation, working mode and transportation mode · CPC title

• F16D25/14

  Fluid pressure control · CPC title