Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kenta Kimura

Yuji Hattori

Takafumi Inagaki

Tomokazu Inagawa

Yu Nagasato

Tomoaki Yanagida

Hiroyuki Shioiri

Michio Yoshida

Hiroaki Ebuchi

Yoshio Ito

Kensei Hata

Yoichiro Isami

Hiroki Yasui

Toshiya Yamashita

Takaho Kawakami

Takuro Morino

Tomoe Osada

Takuya Hirata

Yuu Nagasato

A shifting mechanism, in which a movable member integrated with an engagement pin will not be rotated by a friction acting between a cam groove and the engagement pin, includes: a shift drum that on which a cam groove is formed; a cam sleeve having an engagement pin inserted into the cam groove; a fork shaft reciprocated between predetermined positions by rotating the shift drum; a support stem extending parallel to a center axis of the cam sleeve; and a projection formed integrally with the cam sleeve to come into contact with the support stem when the cam sleeve is rotated.

Shifting mechanism

A shifting mechanism in which an inclination of a sleeve with respect to a shift fork is reduced while maintaining a clearance between the shift fork and the sleeve. In the shifting mechanism, an engagement groove is formed entirely around a shift sleeve, and a cutout is formed on the engagement groove. A first diameter of the shift sleeve between predetermined sites of the bottom of the engagement groove within the cutouts is shorter than a second diameter of the shift sleeve between predetermined sites of the bottom of the engagement groove. A straight-line distance between the engagement ridges formed on both ends of the shift fork is longer than the first diameter but shorter than the second diameter.

In a coasting control process, an ECU increases line pressure PL of a hydraulic path to predetermined pressure Psuch that discharge pressure of an MOP becomes higher than that before a C1 clutch is disengaged at timing when an executing condition of coasting control is satisfied (time t=t). According to such coasting control process, driving torque of the MOP increases, so that deceleration (deceleration G) caused by driving of the MOP by a drive wheel becomes larger than that in conventional coasting control in which the discharge pressure of the MOP is not increased. As a result, it is possible to inhibit a driver from feeling discomfort due to free-running feeling generated during the coasting control.

Vehicle driving device

A control system of a vehicle includes an engine, a continuously variable transmission, drive wheels, a clutch, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to release the clutch and stop the engine when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied during traveling, such that the vehicle performs coasting. The electronic control unit is configured to keep the continuously variable transmission at a speed ratio established at start of the coasting, during the coasting of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to restart the engine that has been stopped and perform downshift of the continuously variable transmission, when a predetermined return condition is satisfied during the coasting. The electronic control unit is configured to engage the clutch after the downshift is started, such that the vehicle returns from the coasting.

Control system of vehicle

A hydraulic control system stably controls pressure in a hydraulic chamber of a pulley accommodating a belt by controlling a feeding valve and a discharging valve. The control system reduces a control amount of the feeding valve to be smaller than that calculated based on a pressure difference in a case other than one in which pressure in the hydraulic chamber is increased by delivering oil to another chamber, in case the pressure in the hydraulic chamber is increased by delivering the oil to the other chamber. The control system reduces a control amount of the discharging valve to be smaller than that calculated based on the pressure difference in a case other than one in which pressure in the hydraulic chamber is lowered by discharging the oil from the other chamber, in case the pressure in the hydraulic chamber is lowered by discharging the oil to the other chamber.

Hydraulic control system for a belt-driven continuously variable transmission

A hydraulic control circuit of a transmission includes a first oil passage, supplying hydraulic oil from an oil pump to a torque converter, and a second oil passage branching off from the first oil passage and having an oil pressure lower than that in the first oil passage; a selection valve switching between the hydraulic oil in the first and the second oil passages to the torque converter; an oil-pressure adjustment valve provided on the first oil passage and adjusting an oil pressure of the hydraulic oil of the first oil passage; and a switching valve provided on the first oil passage and switching between interruption and supply of hydraulic oil to the selection valve. Further, the switching valve is provided on a downstream side of the branching position of the second oil passage in the first oil passage and on an upstream side of the oil-pressure adjustment valve.

Hydraulic control circuit of transmission

In a seal device for a hydraulic circuit, in which an oil passage that supplies hydraulic oil to or discharges the hydraulic oil from a hydraulic actuator operated by hydraulic pressure is formed over at least two members that relatively move, and a seal member that seals a gap between the two members in a liquid-tight manner is disposed in an interior of a groove section that is formed in at least either one of the two members, a communication section that allows the groove section to communicate with any portion of the oil passage such that the hydraulic oil in the interior of the groove section moves along with supply of the hydraulic oil to or discharge of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator is formed.

Seal device for hydraulic circuit

A hydraulic control unit configured to improve energy efficiency is provided. The hydraulic control unit is comprised of: a feeding passage that delivers fluid from at least any of an oil pump and an accumulator storing hydraulic pressure to an actuator; a draining passage that discharge the fluid from the actuator to a drain spot; and a discharging means that is configured to selectively discharge the fluid from the actuator to the accumulator through the feeding passage, if the fluid has to be discharged from the actuator and a pressure of the accumulator is lower than that of the actuator.

Hydraulic control unit

A hydraulic control unit is provided. A valve is comprised of a piston having a valve element, a cylinder holding the piston while allowing to reciprocate axially, a positive pressure chamber formed on one side of the piston to which pressure to open the valve is applied, a back pressure chamber formed on the other side of the piston to which the pressure to close the valve is applied, and a connection passage for differentiating pressures in the positive pressure chamber and the back pressure chamber. A pilot valve selectively connects the back pressure chamber with a site where the pressure is lower than that of the back pressure chamber. Hydraulic pressure lower than that applied to positive pressure chamber is applied to a low pressure section. The hydraulic control unit comprises a means to deliver the fluid from the low pressure section to the back pressure chamber if an opening motion of the valve is slower than a predetermined reference value, by opening the pilot valve to connect the back pressure chamber with the low pressure section.

A vehicle drive device includes an oil pump, a first one-way clutch, a first transmission path configured to transmit a driving force generated in an engine to the oil pump via the first one-way clutch, a second one-way clutch, a second transmission path configured to transmit a driving force from an output shaft of a transmission portion to the oil pump via the second one-way clutch, and a power transmission interruption device configured to interrupt transmission of the driving force generated in the engine to a drive wheel. A speed ratio between the engine and the oil pump in the first transmission path is set to be smaller than a speed ratio obtained by multiplying the smallest speed ratio of the transmission portion by a speed ratio between the transmission portion and the oil pump in the second transmission path.

Vehicle drive device

A hydraulic circuit and a hydraulic control system for preventing fluid leakage and power loss resulting from jamming of contaminants. A first circuit section has an accumulator for storing hydraulic pressure, and a control valve for controlling a passage for delivering fluid from the accumulator to an actuator. Fluid discharged from an oil pump is delivered continuously to a second circuit section. A first filter is disposed on a passage for delivering the fluid from the oil pump to the accumulator for the purpose of removing contaminants finer than those in the fluid to be delivered to the second circuit section from the fluid to be delivered to the accumulator.

Hydraulic circuit and control system therefor

A hydraulic pressure control device for a transmission, which operates a hydraulic apparatus by hydraulic pressure generated by an pump driven during operation of a driving force source, for which automatic stop control is performed, accumulates the hydraulic pressure in a pressure accumulator, and supplies the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the pressure accumulator to the hydraulic apparatus when the driving force source is automatically stopped is provided. The automatic stop control includes control to stop the driving force source when the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a prescribed vehicle speed; and the hydraulic pressure control device performs a control to control an accumulated oil amount in the pressure accumulator and the automatic stop control in a manner to increase the accumulated oil amount of the pressure accumulator when the driving force source is automatically stopped.

Hydraulic pressure control device for transmission

A switch valve which is configured such that a plurality of land sections and a valley section between the land sections are formed in a valve element that advances or retreats in an axial direction according to a manual operation, a plurality of port sections opened are provided in a cylinder section in which the valve element is inserted so as to be capable of advancing and retreating, and the prescribed port sections are made to communicate with each other via the valley section according to a position of the valve element in the axial direction or be blocked by the land section, the switch valve includes a seal section that seals a space between portions on both sides in the axial direction across either one of the land sections in a liquid-tight manner.

Switch valve

A hydraulic control system comprises: a regulator valve, which regulates a fluid pressure established by an oil pump to an operating pressure required in a control circuit; a signal pressure establishing valve, which applies a signal pressure to the regulator valve to determine a level of the fluid pressure to be established by the regulator valve; and an accumulator, which accumulates the operating pressure to be applied to the control circuit. The hydraulic control system is characterized by: an accumulator control valve, which is arranged between the accumulator and the control circuit, and which is adapted to connect the accumulator with the control circuit when opened, and to disconnect the accumulator from the control circuit when closed; and a signal pressure feeding passage, which delivers the signal pressure established by the signal pressure establishing valve to a signal pressure port of the accumulator control valve thereby actuating the accumulator control valve in accordance with the signal pressure.

Hydraulic control system

A sealing structure capable of reducing oil leakage while preventing the oil from being deteriorated by a temperature rise of the oil. The sealing structure is configured to seal a clearance between two members tightly by a seal ring interposed therebetween. The seal ring is provided with a slidable structure, which is configured to seal the clearance between the two members by a hydraulic pressure applied thereto, and to unseal the clearance between the two members by a relative movement thereof resulting from a thermal expansion thereof.

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Kenta Kimura