Hydraulic control circuit for drive line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9382953-B2
Application number	US-201414546390-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 19, 2013
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

A hydraulic control circuit for a drive line includes first and second switching valves and first and second solenoid valves. Each switching valve is alternatively switched by a switching hydraulic pressure to connect any two of three ports. The first port of the first switching valve is connected to a hydraulic actuator. The first port of the second switching valve is connected to the second port of the first switching valve. The first solenoid valve supplies the switching hydraulic pressure to the switching valves. The second solenoid valve regulates a control hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator. Any one of three oil paths is communicated with the hydraulic actuator by supplying the control hydraulic pressure via the third port of the first switching valve or the second or third port of the second switching valve and supplying the switching hydraulic pressure to at least one switching valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic control circuit for a drive line, the hydraulic control circuit comprising:
a first switching valve configured to be alternatively switched by a switching hydraulic pressure so as to alternatively connect a first port and a second port, or the first port and a third port, the first port of the first switching valve being connected to a hydraulic actuator;
a second switching valve configured to be alternatively switched by the switching hydraulic pressure so as to alternatively connect a first port and a second port, or the first port and a third port, the first port of the second switching valve being connected to the second port of the first switching valve;
a first solenoid valve provided in parallel connection to the first switching valve and the second switching valve, the first solenoid valve being configured to supply the switching hydraulic pressure to the first switching valve and the second switching valve; and
a second solenoid valve configured to regulate a hydraulic pressure as a control hydraulic pressure, the hydraulic pressure being supplied to the hydraulic actuator, any one of three oil paths operably communicating hydraulic pressure with the hydraulic actuator by supplying the control hydraulic pressure from the second solenoid valve to the hydraulic actuator via any one of the third port of the first switching valve the second port of the second switching valve and the third port of the second switching valve and supplying the switching hydraulic pressure from the first solenoid valve to at least one of the first switching valve or the second switching valve.

2. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the three oil paths include a first oil path, a second oil path and a third oil path,
when a predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is not output and the control hydraulic pressure does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the first oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the second port of the first switching valve, the first port of the second switching valve and the second port of the second switching valve, and the hydraulic actuator with one another,
when the predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is output and the control hydraulic pressure does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the second oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the third port of the first switching valve with the hydraulic actuator, and
when the predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is output and the control hydraulic pressure satisfies the predetermined condition, the third oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the second port of the first switching valve, the first port of the second switching valve and the third port of the second switching valve, and the hydraulic actuator with one another.

3. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 2 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition that the control hydraulic pressure is higher than or equal to a predetermined value.

4. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 2 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition that the control hydraulic pressure is lower than a predetermined value.

5. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the three oil paths include a first oil path, a second oil path and a third oil path,
when a predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is output and the control hydraulic pressure does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the first oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the second port of the first switching valve, the first port of the second switching valve and the second port of the second switching valve, and the hydraulic actuator with one another,
when the predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is not output and the control hydraulic pressure does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the second oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the third port of the first switching valve with the hydraulic actuator, and
when the predetermined switching hydraulic pressure is output and the control hydraulic pressure satisfies the predetermined condition, the third oil path is set by communicating the first port of the first switching valve and the second port of the first switching valve, the first port of the second switching valve and the third port of the second switching valve, and the hydraulic actuator with one another.

6. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 5 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition that the control hydraulic pressure is higher than or equal to a predetermined value.

7. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 5 , wherein
the predetermined condition is a condition that the control hydraulic pressure is lower than a predetermined value.

8. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the three oil paths include an oil path that supplies a source pressure to hydraulic oil for actuating the hydraulic actuator, an oil path that supplies the control hydraulic pressure, and an oil path that communicates with a port exposed to an atmosphere.

9. The hydraulic control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
a source pressure of a hydraulic oil is input to the third port of the first switching valve, and an atmosphere exposure oil path is connected to one of the second port of the second, switching valve and the third port of the second switching valve, to which the control hydraulic pressure is not input.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kuwahara Seiji
• Sugimura Toshio
• Tsutsumi Takahiko
• Yoshikawa Masato
• Minamikawa Koki
• Nakanishi Naoki

Classifications

• Y02T10/6221

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16D25/14 Primary

  Fluid pressure control · CPC title

• Y10T137/87169

  Supply and exhaust · CPC title

• F16D48/02 Primary

  Control by fluid pressure · CPC title

• F16D2048/0281

  Complex circuits with more than two valves in series or special arrangements thereof not provided for in previous groups · CPC title