Transmission with shift drum, angular sensor outputting rotation of shift drum as output value and control unit correcting output value

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11519501-B2
Application number	US-202016920176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2020
Priority date	Jul 12, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A transmission includes a shift drum, an angular sensor, and a control unit. The control unit has reference values of the output values at a first rotation angle and a second rotation angle of the shift drum. The control unit is configured to obtain the output values at the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle as a first output value and a second output value, respectively. The control unit is configured to correct the output value output between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle based on a difference between the first output value and the reference value at the first rotation angle and a difference between the second output value and the reference value at the second rotation angle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission comprising:
a shift drum rotated by an actuator;
an angular sensor configured to output the rotation of the shift drum as an output value; and
a control unit including a processor and configured to calculate a rotation angle of the shift drum from the output value,
wherein the control unit has reference values of the output values at a first rotation angle and a second rotation angle of the shift drum, the second rotation angle being different from the first rotation angle,
the control unit is configured to obtain the output values at the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle as a first output value and a second output value, respectively, and
the control unit is configured to correct the output value output between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle based on a difference between the first output value and the reference value at the first rotation angle and a difference between the second output value and the reference value at the second rotation angle.

2. The transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotation angle of the shift drum is linearly correlated with the output value from the angular sensor, and
a reference value between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle is represented by a straight line corresponding to the rotation angle.

3. The transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shift drum has positions corresponding to respective shift positions, the first rotation angle is closest to an angle of the position corresponding to a lowest position of a shift among a plurality of the positions, and the second rotation angle is closest to an angle of the position corresponding to an uppermost position of the shift among the plurality of positions.

4. The transmission according to claim 3 ,
wherein the shift drum includes a lead groove that extends in a rotation direction of the shift drum, a shifter that includes a pin portion engaging with the lead groove is disposed, and the shift is performed by moving the shifter along the lead groove via the pin portion,
the lead groove has end walls on both ends in the rotation direction of the shift drum, and
the first rotation angle is an angle at which the pin portion butts against one of the end walls, and the second rotation angle is an angle at which the pin portion butts against the other end wall.

5. The transmission according to claim 4 ,
wherein the pin portion has a columnar shape, the end walls have abutment surfaces abutting on an outer periphery of the pin portion, and the abutment surfaces have a curvature smaller than a curvature of the outer periphery of the pin portion.

6. The transmission according to claim 5 ,
wherein the abutment surfaces are flat surfaces.

7. The transmission according to claim 5 ,
wherein curved surface portions continuous with the abutment surfaces are formed on both ends in a width direction of the lead groove, and
the curved surface portions have a curvature larger than the curvature of the outer periphery of the pin portion.

8. The transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shift drum is directly rotatively driven by the actuator via a deceleration gear unit disposed between the actuator and the shift drum, and
the actuator is configured to rotate the shift drum by feedback control using the output value.

9. The transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit is configured such that when a correction amount of the output value exceeds a predetermined value, the control unit determines that the angular sensor has a failure.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kittaka Eiji
• Kudo Takashi

Classifications

• F16H2200/0052

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• B60Y2200/12

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• F16H63/304

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• F16H2061/1284

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