Controller for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701311-B2
Application number	US-201514931180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 6, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A controller for vehicle, the vehicle including plural engagement elements for performing engagement operation by hydraulic pressure, the plural engagement elements having a common engagement element being an engagement element common to plural transmission gear stages, the common engagement element being an engagement element that is brought into an engaged state for establishing a transmission gear stage immediately before start of economic running and a transmission gear stage immediately after cancellation of the economic running, the controller includes at least one electronic control unit configured to stop an engine in the case where a specified economic running start condition is established and switch the plural engagement elements between the engaged states and disengaged states such that the common engagement element is switched from the engaged state to the disengaged state after another engagement element that is brought into the engaged state together with the common engagement element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A controller for a vehicle, the vehicle including a plurality of engagement elements for performing an engagement operation by hydraulic pressure, the plurality of engagement elements having a first engagement element and a second engagement element, a transmission gear state being established by i) engaging the first engagement element and ii) engaging the second engagement element, the first engagement element being an engagement element common to a plurality of transmission gear stages, the first engagement element being an engagement element to be brought into an engaged state for establishing a transmission gear stage immediately before a start of an economic running and a transmission gear stage immediately after cancellation of the economic running, the controller comprising
at least one electronic control unit configured to i) stop an engine and ii) switch the plurality of engagement elements between the engaged states and disengaged states, when a specified economic running start condition is established, such that the first engagement element is started to be switched from the engaged state to the disengaged state after the second engagement element is started to be switched from the engaged state to the disengaged state.

2. The controller according to claim 1 wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to switch a first command signal transmitted to a solenoid valve corresponding to the first engagement element and a second command signal transmitted to a solenoid valve corresponding to the second engagement element from signals for engagement to signals for disengagement when the specified economic running start condition is established such that the first command signal is switched from the signal for engagement to the signal for disengagement after the second command signal is switched from the signal for engagement to the signal for disengagement.

3. The controller according to claim 1 wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to switch a first command signal from a signal for disengagement to a signal for engagement when an economic running cancellation condition is established within a specified time since the first command signal, which is transmitted to a solenoid valve corresponding to the first engagement element, is shifted from the signal for engagement to the signal for disengagement after the specified economic running start condition is established.

4. The controller according to claim 1 wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to switch a first command signal transmitted to the first engagement element and a second command signal transmitted to the second engagement element from signals for disengagement to signals for engagement after an economic running cancellation condition is established such that the first command signal is switched from a signal for disengagement to a signal for engagement prior to the second command signal.

5. The controller according to claim 1 wherein
the vehicle includes solenoid valves configured to control a supply of the hydraulic pressure to the plurality of engagement elements,
a solenoid valve corresponding to the first engagement element is configured to supply the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the specified economic running start condition is established, and
a solenoid valve corresponding to the second engagement element is configured to block the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the second engagement element when the specified economic running start condition is established.

6. The controller according to claim 1 wherein
the vehicle includes: an oil pump configured to supply the hydraulic pressure by rotary drive associated with rotation of the engine; and an accumulator configured to supply accumulated hydraulic pressure to the plurality of engagement elements, and
the accumulator is configured to supply the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the specified economic running start condition is established.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Inoue Yuji
• Ohta Hirofumi

Classifications

• F16H2312/14

  Going to, or coming from standby operation, e.g. for engine start-stop operation at traffic lights · CPC title

• F16H63/12

  two or more ways of movement occurring simultaneously · CPC title

• F16H61/686

  with orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H61/0021 Primary

  Generation or control of line pressure · CPC title

• F16D2021/0607

  Double clutch with torque input plate in-between the two clutches, i.e. having a central input plate · CPC title