Hydraulic control apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759314-B2
Application number	US-201415023071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A hydraulic control apparatus, wherein the first switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a switching signal pressure, the first switching valve is switched from the first state to the second state in response to the input of the switching signal pressure, and the first switching valve is held in the second state, and the second switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a holding pressure for holding the normal supply state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic control apparatus for a transmission that allows selective engagement of at least one of a plurality of hydraulic pressure engaging elements to establish a plurality of shift stages and is equipped in a vehicle, the hydraulic control apparatus comprising:
a plurality of normally closed electromagnetic valve devices that output hydraulic pressures toward the respectively corresponding hydraulic pressure engaging elements;
a normally open electromagnetic valve device that outputs a hydraulic pressure according to an accelerator position;
a normally closed electromagnetic valve that outputs a signal pressure;
a first switching valve that selectively sets a first state in which a hydraulic pressure for engagement is output from a first output port and a second state in which the hydraulic pressure for engagement is output from a second output port;
a second switching valve that sets:
a normal supply state in which the hydraulic pressure from a first electromagnetic valve device among the normally closed electromagnetic valve devices is supplied to a first hydraulic pressure engaging element among the hydraulic pressure engaging elements and the hydraulic pressure from a second electromagnetic valve device is supplied to a second hydraulic pressure engaging element; and
a fail-safe state in which the hydraulic pressure for engagement from one of the first output port and the second output port is supplied to one of the first hydraulic pressure engaging element and the second hydraulic pressure engaging element according to a state of the first switching valve and a hydraulic pressure for engagement is supplied to a third hydraulic pressure engaging element among the hydraulic pressure engaging elements, when an all-fail state occurs, in which the hydraulic pressure is not output from all of the normally closed electromagnetic valve devices and the normally closed electromagnetic valve and the hydraulic pressure is output from the normally open electromagnetic valve device; and

a third switching valve that sets:
a first output state in which the output of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device via the output port is allowed, when the signal pressure is not input from the normally closed electromagnetic valve; and
a second output state in which an output of a predetermined hydraulic pressure via the output port is allowed, when the signal pressure is input from the normally closed electromagnetic valve,

wherein the first switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a switching signal pressure, the first switching valve is switched from the first state to the second state in response to the input of the switching signal pressure, and the first switching valve is held in the second state, and
the second switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a holding pressure for holding the normal supply state.

2. The hydraulic control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first hydraulic pressure engaging element is a starting engaging element that is engaged so that the transmission establishes a starting stage when the vehicle is started.

3. The hydraulic control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the first hydraulic pressure engaging element is engaged when a forward low-speed stage including the starting stage is established, and
the second hydraulic pressure engaging element is engaged when a forward high-speed stage on a higher-speed side than the forward low-speed stage is established.

4. The hydraulic control apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a regulator valve that generates a line pressure by regulating a hydraulic pressure from an oil pump, wherein
the predetermined hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic pressure for engagement that is supplied to the first hydraulic pressure engaging element, the second hydraulic pressure engaging element, and the third hydraulic pressure engaging element via the second switching valve are the line pressure or a hydraulic pressure based on the line pressure.

5. The hydraulic control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a regulator valve that generates a line pressure by regulating a hydraulic pressure from an oil pump, wherein
the predetermined hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic pressure for engagement that is supplied to the first hydraulic pressure engaging element, the second hydraulic pressure engaging element, and the third hydraulic pressure engaging element via the second switching valve are the line pressure or a hydraulic pressure based on the line pressure.

Assignees

• Aisin Aw Co
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsuchida Kenichi
• Hyodo Yoshimitsu
• Yoshioka Yuhei
• Miyamoto Nobuhiko
• Kato Yuichiro
• Kamiya Toshihiko
• Murasugi Akio
• Owatari Masakazu

Classifications

• F16H61/00

  Control functions within {control units of} change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion {; Control of exclusively fluid gearing, friction gearing, gearings with endless flexible members or other particular types of gearing} · CPC title

• F16H61/12 Primary

  Detecting malfunction or potential malfunction, e.g. fail safe (in control of hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4192) {; Circumventing or fixing failures} · CPC title

• F16H2061/1264

  Hydraulic parts of the controller, e.g. a sticking valve or clogged channel · CPC title

• F16H2061/1224

  Adapting to failures or work around with other constraints, e.g. circumvention by avoiding use of failed parts · CPC title