Vehicle transmission and control device for vehicle transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11346409-B2
Application number	US-202117362118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	Feb 13, 2019
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle transmission includes a shaft; speed-changing gears; switching mechanisms; and a shifting mechanism. The shifting mechanism is provided with a double-meshing preventing mechanism configured to switch between a one-way state in which the switching mechanisms are hindered from moving in a downshift direction and allowed to move in an upshift direction and a free state in which the switching mechanisms are allowed to move in both the downshift direction and the upshift direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for a vehicle transmission, the vehicle transmission including a shaft, a plurality of speed-changing gears provided on the shaft so as to be able to rotate relatively to the shaft, a plurality of switching mechanisms each of which is disposed at a position adjacent to a corresponding one of the speed-changing gears in an axial direction of the shaft and configured to switch between a connected state in which the corresponding speed-changing gear and the shaft rotate integrally and a disconnected state in which the corresponding speed-changing gear and the shaft rotate relatively to each other, and a shifting mechanism that applies an operating force for moving the switching mechanisms in the axial direction of the shaft, wherein:
the vehicle transmission is shifted to a plurality of gear stages according to positions of the switching mechanisms;
each of the speed-changing gears includes a plurality of gear-side meshing teeth provided on a surface facing a corresponding one of the switching mechanisms in the axial direction of the shaft;
each of the switching mechanisms includes a first ring that is provided on the shaft so as to be unable to rotate relatively to the shaft and able to move relatively to the shaft in the axial direction of the shaft, a second ring that is provided on the shaft so as to be unable to rotate relatively to the shaft and able to move relatively to the shaft in the axial direction of the shaft, and a spring that is interposed between the first ring and the second ring in the axial direction of the shaft and exerts an urging force in a direction in which the first ring and the second ring are drawn toward each other;
the first ring is disposed at a position adjacent to the corresponding speed-changing gear in the axial direction of the shaft, and the second ring is disposed at a position separated from the corresponding speed-changing gear by the first ring in the axial direction of the shaft;
the first ring includes first meshing teeth that protrude toward the corresponding speed-changing gear from a surface facing the corresponding speed-changing gear in the axial direction of the shaft and are configured to mesh with the gear-side meshing teeth;
the second ring includes second meshing teeth that protrude toward the corresponding speed-changing gear from a surface facing the corresponding speed-changing gear in the axial direction of the shaft by passing through the first ring and are configured to mesh with the gear-side meshing teeth; and
the shifting mechanism is provided with a double-meshing preventing mechanism configured to switch between a one-way state in which the switching mechanisms are hindered from moving in a downshift direction and allowed to move in an upshift direction and a free state in which the switching mechanisms are allowed to move in both the downshift direction and the upshift direction,
the control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to determine whether one of the switching mechanisms that is to be switched to the disconnected state during a downshift has been switched to the disconnected state, and to switch the double-meshing preventing mechanism to the free state upon determining that the one switching mechanism has been switched to the disconnected state.

2. The control device for the vehicle transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to switch the double-meshing preventing mechanism to the one-way state when another of the switching mechanisms that is to be switched to the connected state during the downshift is switched to the connected state.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yanagida Tomoaki
• Inaba Yukihiro
• Kato Junichi
• Kano Tomoyuki
• Terakawa Tomomitsu

Classifications

• F16H63/304

  the final output mechanisms comprising elements moved by electrical or magnetic force (band brake actuating mechanisms F16H63/3003) · CPC title

• F16H63/30

  Constructional features of the final output mechanisms · CPC title

• F16H2200/0052

  the gear ratios comprising six forward speeds · CPC title

• F16D11/10

  with clutching members movable only axially · CPC title

• F16H63/502

  for smoothing gear shifts · CPC title