Control device of automatic transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11852236-B2
Application number	US-202318165330-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2023
Priority date	Mar 31, 2022
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure reduces the number of factors to be considered in the switching control of the shift stages, thereby simplifying the switching control. In a control device of an automatic transmission, when a detection part detects that a shift position has been switched from one of a forward range and a reverse range to the other, among multiple hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms, a hydraulic pressure command value is fixed for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do not change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range, and the hydraulic pressure command value is variable based on a hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device of an automatic transmission,
wherein the automatic transmission comprises:
an input shaft to which a drive force is input;
an output member that outputs the drive force;
a plurality of planetary gear mechanisms that transmit the drive force input from the input shaft to the output member; and
a plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms capable of establishing a plurality of shift stages by switching a transmission path of the drive force in the plurality of planetary gear mechanisms,

wherein the plurality of shift stages comprise:
at least one forward range that is establishable when the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms are in a first state; and
a reverse range established when the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms are in a second state,

wherein the control device comprises:
a detection part that detects a shift position; and
a control part that controls the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms,

wherein switching control for switching the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms from one of the first state and the second state to the other is executable when the detection part detects that the shift position has been switched from one of the forward range and the reverse range to the other, and
wherein each of the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms has a corresponding hydraulic pressure command value, such that there are a plurality of hydraulic pressure command values, and
in the switching control,
for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do not change an engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range, a hydraulic pressure command value is fixed and
for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range, a hydraulic pressure command value of a respective hydraulic friction engagement mechanism is determined based on a hydraulic pressure supplied to the respective hydraulic friction engagement mechanism.

2. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein in the switching control, among the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms, the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do not change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range is set higher than the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range.

3. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the automatic transmission is configured such that an operating state of the automatic transmission is determined by the engaged state of the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism with a lowest hydraulic pressure command value when the automatic transmission performs control by engaging the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms.

4. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic pressure command value is a reference pressure set for a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism in order to control the engaged state of the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism.

5. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 4 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

6. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

7. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein in the switching control, the control part is able to switch the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms from a third state corresponding to the non-traveling range to the first state or the second state when the detection part detects that the shift position has been switched to the forward range or the reverse range via the non-traveling range, and
in the switching control, among the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms, the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do not change the engaged state between the non-traveling range and the forward range or the reverse range is set higher than the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that change the engaged state between the non-traveling range and the forward range or the reverse range.

8. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 7 , wherein the hydraulic pressure command value is a reference pressure set for a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism in order to control the engaged state of the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism.

9. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 8 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

10. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 7 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

11. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the hydraulic pressure command value is a reference pressure set for a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism in order to control the engaged state of the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism.

12. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 11 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

13. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

14. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein in the switching control, among the plurality of hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms, the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do not change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range is set lower than the hydraulic pressure command value for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that change the engaged state between the forward range and the reverse range.

15. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 14 , wherein the hydraulic pressure command value is a reference pressure set for a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism in order to control the engaged state of the hydraulic friction engagement mechanism.

16. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 15 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, and the reverse range are disposed in this order.

17. The control device of the automatic transmission according to claim 14 , wherein the shift position is selected by a shifter in which the forward range, a neutral range, an

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Takahide

Classifications

• F16H61/686 Primary

  with orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H61/0009

  Hydraulic control units for transmission control, e.g. assembly of valve plates or valve units · CPC title

• F16H2200/2002

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

• F16H61/0437

  by using electrical signals (F16H61/0403 and F16H61/061 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16H2312/09

  Switching between forward and reverse · CPC title