Mazda Motor Corporation

Masaru Nakagishi

Shinya Kamada

Tatsuhiko Iwasaki

Yasuhiro Ogauchi

Yasunari Nakayama

Tadashi Saito

Narihito Hongawara

Kyosei Nakashima

Narifumi Domen

Koshiro Saji

Shotaro Nagai

Yasuo Shigenaka

Motomi Kobayashi

A control device of a powertrain with a centrifugal pendulum damper is provided in which the centrifugal pendulum damper and a power transmission shaft are operatively coupled via a connection/disconnection mechanism, and the control device of the powertrain with the centrifugal pendulum damper includes a connection/disconnection control module for controlling an engagement degree of the connection/disconnection mechanism by controlling the engagement degree of the connection/disconnection mechanism such that the centrifugal pendulum damper rotates at or below a predetermined upper rotational speed limit.

Control device of a powertrain with a centrifugal pendulum damper

A control apparatus of a powertrain with a centrifugal pendulum absorber, includes an engine formed with a plurality of cylinders, a drive force transmission shaft for receiving an engine output torque, a centrifugal pendulum absorber for reducing a variation in the output torque, a connect-disconnect mechanism, an engine controlling module for shifting an engine operating state between an all-cylinder operation and a reduced-cylinder operation, and a connection controlling module. The connection controlling module shifts a connecting state of the connect-disconnect mechanism to a first state when the engine is in the all-cylinder operation, and shifts the connecting state to a second state in which the connection is tighter than the first state when the engine is in the reduced-cylinder operation. In response to issued requests to shift the engine operating state, the connection controlling module shifts the connecting state, and the engine controlling module shifts the engine operating state.

Control apparatus of powertrain with centrifugal pendulum absorber

Disclosed herein is an automatic transmission () including first and second planetary gear sets (PL) and (PL). The first planetary gear set (PL) has a first sun gear (S) to which power from a power source () is input via an input shaft (), and a first ring gear (R) engaged with a first brake (B). The second planetary gear set (PL) has a second ring gear (R) always engaged with a first carrier (C), a second sun gear (S) engaged with a second brake (B), and a second carrier (C) engaged with an output (output gear ()). The automatic transmission is configured to engage the first and second brakes in a first gear to allow the power from the power source to be transmitted to the output via the input shaft and the first and second planetary gear sets.

Automatic transmission

A hydraulic control circuit includes: a shift valve configured to be switched between a state of supplying oil pressure to a clearance adjusting chamber of an LR brake and a state of discharging the oil pressure from the clearance adjusting chamber of the LR brake; and a linear SV configured to control the oil pressure supplied to a pressing chamber of the LR brake. The hydraulic control circuit further includes a source pressure oil passage through which oil pressure equal to the oil pressure supplied from the shift valve to the clearance adjusting chamber is supplied to a source pressure port a of the linear SV. By discharging the oil pressure in the clearance adjusting chamber at the time of opening malfunction of the linear SV, the oil pressure in the pressing chamber is also discharged through a drain port of the shift valve.

Hydraulic control device of automatic transmission

A control device of a powertrain with a centrifugal pendulum damper is provided comprising a power transmission shaft which transmits power between a drive source and an automatic transmission, and a centrifugal pendulum damper which is coupled to the power transmission shaft and a connection/disconnection mechanism. The automatic transmission has a transmission mechanism of a hydraulic pressure control type, which includes a transmission control module which performs a control to supply transmission hydraulic pressure to the transmission mechanism. The transmission control module includes a transmission characteristic changing module which changes a control characteristic of transmission hydraulic pressure according to an engagement degree of the connection/disconnection mechanism.

An automatic transmission () includes, in a transmission case (), an input shaft (), first to third planetary gear sets (PL-PL) of a single pinion type, a fourth planetary gear set (PL) of a double pinion type, five frictional engagement elements (CL, CL, and B-B), and outputs (). The outputs () are always engaged with a fourth ring gear (R).

An automatic transmission () includes a first planetary gear set (PL) of a double pinion type, second to fourth planetary gear sets (PL-PL) of a single pinion type, first to third clutches (CL-CL), and first and second brakes (Band B). A third carrier (C) and a fourth sun gear (S) are always coupled to an input (i.e., an input shaft ()). An output (i.e., an output gear ()) is always coupled to a fourth ring gear (R). A first carrier (C) is always coupled to a third sun gear (S). A second sun gear (S) is always coupled to a third ring gear (R). A first ring gear (R) is always coupled to a second ring gear (R).

An automatic transmission includes: an input shaft connected to a driving source; an output shaft provided coaxially with the input shaft and connected to a differential mechanism; double pinion type first and second planetary gear sets; single pinion type third and fourth planetary gear sets; first to third clutches each configured to connect and disconnect predetermined rotational elements of the planetary gear sets to and from each other; and first and second brakes configured to connect and disconnect a predetermined rotational element of the planetary gear set to and from a transmission case. When the first to third clutches are engaged, and the first and second brakes are released, an eighth gear stage whose reduction ratio is 1 is formed.

An automatic transmission () includes in a transmission case (), an input (an input shaft), an output (an output shaft), first to fourth planetary gear sets (PG, PG, PG, and PG) of a single pinion type, first to third clutches (CL-CL) engaging and disengaging predetermined rotating elements of the first to fourth planetary gear sets, a first brake (BR) engaging and disengaging a third ring gear (R) with and from the transmission case, and a second brake (BR) engaging and disengaging a first sun gear (S) and a fourth sun gear (S) with and from the transmission case. The input, the output, the planetary gear sets, the clutches, and the brakes are arranged coaxially with each other. The first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets are arranged in this order from one axial end to the other axial end of the automatic transmission.

An automatic transmission () includes an input shaft (), an output (an output shaft) arranged coaxially with the input shaft and engaged with a differential mechanism, first and second planetary gear sets (PGand PG) of a double pinion type, third and fourth planetary gear sets (PGand PG) of a single pinion type, first to third clutches (CL-CL) engaging and disengaging predetermined rotating elements of the first to fourth planetary gear sets, and first and second brakes (BRand BR) engaging and disengaging a second carrier (C) and a first carrier (C) from a transmission case (). A gear ratio of the automatic transmission is 1 in a sixth gear.

A control method for an automatic transmission in which a starting gear shift stage is attained by fastening a predetermined brake element and a predetermined clutch element includes a step of supplying, when a command, which is for fastening the predetermined brake element and the predetermined clutch element that is to be fastened to input output rotation on an engine side to a transmission mechanism, and which is also for attaining the starting gear shift stage is detected, hydraulic pressure to the clutch element and then fastening the clutch element, and a step of supplying, after the step, the hydraulic pressure to the brake element to start the fastening of the brake element and controlling rotation, which is input to the transmission mechanism, to a target number of rotations. It is possible to satisfactorily attain the starting gear shift stage without a shock while dispensing with a one-way clutch.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Masaru Nakagishi