Mazda Motor Corporation

Kozo Ishii

Takuji Fujiwara

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Kazuo Takemoto

Tatsutoshi Mizobe

Fumiaki Baba

Shigeru Nagayama

Hiroshi Shinozuka

Akio Matsumoto

Koichiro Takeuchi

Osamu Watanabe

A hydraulic control system of an automatic transmission during a shift operation wherein a control pressure is controlled to selectively engage and release a plurality of frictional elements to establish a desirable shift stage comprising inertia phase detecting device for detecting a starting point of an inertia phase of the shift operation from one shift stage to another, and control pressure reducing device for gradually reducing the control pressure introduced to a frictional element to be engaged after the inertia phase is detected. The torque shock in the shift operation can be effectively reduced.

Hydraulic control system of automatic transmission

A control system for a torque converter includes a lock-up clutch provided in the torque converter for connecting input and output members of the torque converter directly, and a shift valve having first and second spools disposed in series in a sleeve for shifting an introduction of an engaging and releasing pressure acting on the lock-up clutch in accordance with positions of the first and second spools. The first spool is subjected to a first hydraulic pressure at one end thereof. The second spool is subjected to a second hydraulic pressure at one end thereof opposite to the one end of the first spool. The first and second spools are subjected to a third hydraulic pressure therebetween. The control system further has a first control device for controlling the first hydraulic pressure, and an adjusting valve for controlling the releasing pressure of the lock-up clutch. The shift valve provides the first and second spools with first, second and third positions corresponding to a converter condition, lock-up condition and slip condition, respectively. The shift valve is shifted between the second and third positions when the releasing pressure is relatively low so that the releasing pressure is continuously changed irrespective of the shifting action among the first, second and third positions of the shift valve. An abrupt change in the engaging force of the lock-up clutch is prevented.

Control system for torque converter

A hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission includes a multiple transmission gear mechanism having a plurality of gear stages and frictional elements for switching power transmitting paths in the transmission gear mechanism, a hydraulic control mechanism for controlling engagement and disengagement of the frictional elements to establish one of said gear stages, and a line pressure control device for controlling line pressure of the hydraulic control mechanism. A speed detecting device for detects a speed of an input element of the transmission gear mechanism during shift operation of the shift gear stage in the transmission gear mechanism, and a compensation device compensates the line pressure in accordance with signal from the speed detecting device. The line pressure is compensated by a learning control to reduce a torque shock due to the shift operation.

Line pressure control system for automatic transmission

A fluid coupling for an automatic transmission includes an input element, an output element and a lockup clutch and is connected to a transmission mechanism. The lockup clutch can engage and disengage to operatively connect and disconnect the input element and the output element with and from each other. Further the lockup clutch can engage in slipping engagement to connect the input element and the output element in such a way as to allow the input element and the output element to rotate relative to each other to some extent. A control system causes the lockup clutch to engage in slipping engagement with a substantially fixed engaging force when the transmission mechanism upshifts while the lockup clutch is in slipping engagement, and to disengage when the transmission mechanism downshifts while the lockup clutch is in slipping engagement.

Control system for fluid coupling

A slip control system for a torque converter of an automatic transmission includes lock-up clutch device provided in a torque converter for connecting an input and output members of the torque converter directly. A torque detecting device detects a transmitted torque introduced into the output member of the torque converter, a speed difference setting device sets a target value of a rotation speed difference between the input and output members, a pressure difference control device controls a pressure difference between a releasing chamber and an engaging chamber of the lock-up clutch device, based on a predetermined relationship between the input torque and the speed difference so as to accomplish the target value of the speed difference, and a speed difference detecting device detects an actual speed difference between the input and output members. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a compensatng device compensates the target value of the speed difference set by the speed difference setting device based on a deviation between the actual and target speed difference. A responsive slip control, therefore, can be accomplished.

Slip control system for torque converter of automatic transmission

An oil pressure control system for an automatic transmission employed in a vehicle comprises a device for producing line pressure, a device for supplying engaging friction elements in the automatic transmission with operating oil pressure obtained from the line pressure, a device for determining a pressure control variable based on operating condition of an engine with which the automatic transmission is coupled, a device for determining a supplemental control variable based on a duration of speed change or a state of speed change in the automatic transmission, a device for revising the supplemental control variable in accordance with the operating condition of the engine to produce a revised supplemental control variable, a device for revising the pressure control variable in accordance with the revised supplemental control variable to produce a revised pressure control variable, and a control device operative to control the line pressure in accordance with the revised pressure control variable when a specific speed change operation is performed in the automatic transmission.

Oil pressure control systems for automatic transmissions

A hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission includes a torque converter, a multiple transmission gear mechanism having a plurality of gear stages and frictional elements for switching power transmitting paths in the transmission gear mechanism, a hydraulic control mechanism for controlling engagement and disengagement of the frictional elements to establish one of the gear stages, and a line pressure control device for controlling line pressure of the hydraulic control mechanism in accordance with a vehicle operating condition. An engine torque detecting device detects an engine output torque, and a turbine speed detecting device detects a turbine speed of the torque converter. A shift condition detecting device detects a shift-up operation and a shift-down operation in the transmission, and the line pressure control device controls the line pressure in accordance with the engine torque in the shift-up operation and the turbine speed in the shift-down operation. A precise line pressure control can be accomplished for obviating torque shock at the time of the shift operation in the automatic transmission.

A line pressure control system for an automatic transmission, including a multiple shift stage transmission gear mechanism having a plurality of power transmitting paths of different speed ratios, has a line pressure control device for controlling a line pressure for frictional elements of the transmission gear mechanism associated with each other to establish a desirable shift gear stage. A shift period detector detects a time period for a shift operation, accomplished in terms of operation of the frictional elements controlled by the line pressure. A first compensating device controls the line pressure in terms of a learing control in a manner such that the time period for the shift operation is controlled to a target value. An abnormality detecting device detects an abrupt change, such as a turbine speed rise or, depression, or a driving torque depression in an operating condition of the transmission. A second compensating device compensates the line pressure prior to compensation of the line pressure by the first compensating device when the abrupt change is detected. The torque shock can be effectively obviated during a shift operation.

An automatic transmission has a transmission gear mechanism and a plurality of friction coupling members which are applied or released by hydraulic pressures applied thereto under the control of a hydraulic control system. The control system includes a hydraulic control circuit which controls the hydraulic pressure fed to or discharged from the respective friction coupling member, thereby changing the condition of application of the friction coupling members and causing the automatic transmission to shift. The plurality of friction coupling members includes first and second friction coupling members the conditions of application of which are changed during gear shifting from a first predetermined gear speed to a second predetermined gear speed. The first and second friction coupling members are fed with the hydraulic pressure respectively through first and second hydraulic passages. The hydraulic control circuit is provided with a pressure regulator valve which receives the pressure in the first hydraulic passage as a pilot pressure and regulates the hydraulic pressure to be fed to the second friction coupling member through the second hydraulic passage according to the pilot pressure.

Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission

A control system for a torque converter includes a lock-up clutch provided in a torque converter for connecting an input member and an output member of the torque converter directly. An engaging and disengaging hydraulic device controls an engaging and disengaging action of the lock-up clutch. A shift valve provided with a first and second spools in series controls introduction of a driving hydraulic pressure into the hydraulic device. The first spool of the shift valve is subjected to a first hydraulic pressure at one end, while the second spool is subjected to a second hydraulic pressure at the other end. The first and second spools are subjected to a third hydraulic pressure therebetween. The control system further includes a first control device for controlling the first hydraulic pressure, a second control device for controlling the second hydraulic pressure, an adjusting valve for adjusting the driving hydraulic pressure introduced into the engaging or disengaging hydraulic device, and a third control device for controlling a hydraulic pressure for controlling the adjusting valve. Converter, lock-up and slip conditions of the torque converter can be selectively established by switching shift positions of the single shift valve.

Control system for torque converter of automatic transmission

An automatic transmission of a vehicle has a transmission gear mechanism having at least a lower gear-speed and a higher gear-speed, and first and second friction coupling members which are applied or released by hydraulic pressures applied thereto. The first friction coupling member is kept applied when the transmission is in the lower gear-speed and the second friction coupling member is kept applied when the transmission is in the higher gear-speed. A control system for the automatic transmission has a hydraulic control circuit which controls the hydraulic pressure applied to the respective friction coupling members, thereby changing the condition of application of the friction coupling members and causing the automatic transmission to shift, and a control unit which controls the hydraulic control circuit according to the running condition of the vehicle. The control unit normally makes lower the hydraulic pressure applied to the second friction coupling member when it is kept applied than that applied to the first friction coupling member when it is kept applied by a predetermined value. When the vehicle is starting with the transmission in the higher gear-speed, the control unit inhibits itself from making lower the hydraulic pressure applied to the second friction coupling member when it is kept applied than that applied to the first friction coupling member when it is kept applied.

The multistage transmission gear mechanism is provided with a first and second coupling means for shifting speed stages, each being of a type operable hydraulically and adapted to allow four speed stages from first to fourth speed stages to be selected in accordance with a combination between a coupled state and an uncoupled state of the first and second coupling means. A third coupling means is further provided for ensuring engine braking. The second coupling means is engaged or coupled by a first pilot pressure generated by a first solenoid at the second, third and fourth speed stages. The first coupling means is coupled by a second pilot pressure generated by a second solenoid at the third and fourth speed stages. The third coupling means is coupled at the second and third speed stages. A third solenoid is provided for generating a third pilot pressure which prevails over the first pilot pressure and controls shifting the second coupling means at the third speed stage. At shifting between the second and third speed stages, the second pilot pressure prevails over the first pilot pressure to being the second coupling means into a state of its shifting being controlled by the third pilot pressure. At this time, shifting the third coupling means is controlled by the first pilot pressure to avoid a temporary engagement of all the three coupling means, thus preventing a transmission shock.

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Kozo Ishii