Aisin Ai Co., Ltd.

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsutoshi Kamiya

Takeshige Miyazaki

Yoshihiro Ichikawa

Yoshiyuki Aoyama

Ryuji Choshi

Hideyuki Yamada

Hideto Manta

Tatuhiro Miyake

Yoshiki Itoh

Hiroki Inoue

Manabu Tsujimura

Yoshitaka Shimizu

An object is to reduce a delay in response. An automatic gear changing control device includes a sleeve which is moved by an actuator to perform an engagement operation, an engine which is connected to an input shaft, and a control unit which controls the movement of the sleeve by the actuator and controls the rotation of the input shaft by the engine or a motor generator. The control unit performs synchronization control of controlling the rotation of the input shaft for the engagement operation at a different gear stage after the engagement is released and starts shift control of moving the sleeve to an engagement completion position by the actuator before at least the synchronization is completed.

Power transmission control device

A power transmission control device includes a first rotation shaft, a first power source to adjust rotation speed of the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft interlocked with an axle, a first switching mechanism to connect/disconnect switching between the first and second rotation shafts, a third rotation shaft, a second power source to adjust rotation speed of the third rotation shaft, and a second switching mechanism to connect/disconnect switching between the third rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft. At least one switching mechanism of the first switching mechanism and the second switching mechanism is a dog clutch type, and reliably and stably performs the connection switching thereof. A control stores information on a rotation phase of the first/third rotation shafts. At least one of the first/second switching mechanisms is held in a connected state, and the rotation phase is adjusted based on stored information at the connection switching.

Provided is a power transmission control device capable of reliably performing engagement between an engagement member and a target engagement member, by operating the engagement member to slide by an actuator having an elastic member deformed by transmitting a load received by the engagement member. An actuator has an elastic member, and a control unit calculates the differential rotation between an engagement member and target engagement members on the basis of the detected rotation speeds of a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft, and makes differential rotation coincide with a predetermined differential rotation by adjusting the rotation speed of power sources. After the differential rotation coincides with the predetermined differential rotation, in establishing the engagement, the predetermined differential rotation sets the differential rotation on the basis of a natural frequency generated in conjunction between the actuator and the engagement member by the elastic member.

A vehicular power transmission control apparatus including: a multiple gear ratio transmission including an input shaft receiving power from an engine output shaft and an output shaft outputting power to drive wheels of a vehicle, a clutch mounted between the output shaft of the engine and the input shaft of the transmission, and a control unit controlling a clutch torque and a gear position of the transmission based upon a vehicle driving condition, wherein the control unit controlling the clutch torque such that a revolution speed of the transmission input shaft becomes smaller than a revolution speed of the engine output shaft by a predetermined positive value in a semi-engagement state with a slip, when the vehicle drives with the transmission gear position set to a low speed range including a first gear and a second gear.

Vehicular power transmission control apparatus

At least one shift gate includes a stabilizing range for stabilizing an engagement between the engaging portion and the at least one shift gate. The system stops movement of the movable member by driving the actuator and determines a portion at the movable member as a shift gate reference position at a time when the movement of the movable member stops. The system moves the movable member by driving the actuator, stabilizes the engaging portion in the stabilizing range, and determines the stabilizing position of the engaging portion as a position of the at least one shift gate.

Method of determining a shift gate position for a vehicle transmission and a shift gate position determining system for the same

A select control system for a vehicle transmission includes a gate mechanism having plural gates respectively selected upon a shift operation and having at least an actual gate, a temporary target gate, and a target gate, a select position determining mechanism adjusted to move the actual gate to the target gate along a select direction of the gate mechanism, and a select control element adjusted to control the select position determining mechanism. The select control element performs a temporary target gate remaining process in which the actual gate temporarily remains at the temporary target gate and moves to the target gate.

Select control system for a vehicle transmission

In a shifting device which changes the gear ratio of a synchromesh-type transmission by using an electrically operated or controlled actuator, the actuator is controlled to stabilize or equalize the time durations required for effecting respective synchronizations. A driving signal for each of the synchronization controls is decided in accordance with a relationship between the driving signal to be applied to the actuator and a relative rotation number between an idle gear and a sleeve when the synchronization control is initiated. Prior to each synchronization control, the above relation is corrected based on four variables obtained at the latest synchronization control, including (i) an input rotation number deviation summation &Sgr;&Dgr;Nin, (ii) a synchronization time duration deviation &Dgr;T , (iii) an elapse-time input rotation number deviation &Dgr;dNin , and (iv) a change grade deviation &Dgr;dNin.

Shifting device for synchromesh-type transmission

A synchromesh-type transmission includes a shift and select shaft axially movable for carrying out a select operation and rotatable for carrying out a shift operation, a plurality of shift fork shafts each provided with a pair of shift heads, and an inner lever fixed to the shift and select shaft. The inner lever is disposed between the pair of shift heads according to the axial moving operation of the shift and select shaft and comes in contact with one of the shift heads according to the rotational moving operation of the shift and select shaft, wherein a shift stage is performed. The inner lever is located at a neutral position according to the rotational operation of the shift and select shaft for the shift operation, wherein no shift stage is performed.

Control device applied in a synchromesh-type transmission

A transmission system, including a synchromesh-type transmission, includes an input shaft, a counter gear, an output shaft, an idle gear, a sleeve, a synchromesh mechanism for selecting a predetermined speed-change in response to a synchronizing operation of the sleeve and the idle gear, and a shift actuator for activating the sleeve depending on a shift operation. The transmission system further includes a detecting device for detecting a rotational number changing ratio of the input shaft when a synchronizing operation is performed in accordance with an engaging operation of the sleeve and the idle gear, a controlling device for controlling an operation of the shift actuator depending on an indication from the detecting device, and a converting device for converting an output indicating value to the shift actuator based on characteristics of the shift actuator.

A shift actuating control system for a synchromesh-type automatic transmission includes a shift actuator having a driving portion activated depending on a shift operation, a shift fork shaft moving a sleeve of a synchromesh mechanism in an axial direction when engaged with the shift fork, and a driving force transmitting member disposed between the driving portion and the shift fork shaft to transmit the driving force generated by the driving portion to the shift fork shaft. The shift actuating control system for the synchromesh-type automatic transmission further includes a detector which detects the deflection of the driving force transmitting member when the driving portion is activated, and a controller which controls the driving portion depending on the deflection detected by the first detector.

Shift actuating control system for synchromesh-type automatic transmission

A control device for a actuator applied in a transmission includes a maximum electric current value detecting device that detects a maximum electric current value supplied to the actuator. The maximum electric current value detecting device includes a determining unit, an electric current supplying unit, a detecting unit, and a setting unit. The determining unit determines a target electric current value supplied to the actuator, the electric current supplying unit supplies electric current to the actuator on the basis of the target electric current value determined by the determining unit, the detecting unit detects the maximum electric current value actually supplied to the actuator independently of the target electric current value determined by the determining unit, and the setting unit sets the maximum electric current value supplied to the actuator on the basis of the maximum electric current value detected by the detecting unit.

Control device for an actuator applied in a transmission

A gear shifting control device for varying a gear ratio of a synchromesh transmission which controls an actuator to agree with an actual value of sleeve load in an axial direction with a required value with higher accuracy at a synchronizer of the transmission. A continuously varying driving signal with time is supplied to the actuator when necessary to change the actual value of the sleeve load to the required value different from the current value. A reaching time of the driving signal reaching the value corresponding to the required value to the actuator is determined based on an initial speed which is a speed of the sleeve at start of supplying the driving signal and a vibration cycle when the sleeve load is vibrated in response to the supply of a step signal to the actuator.

Gear shifting control device for synchromesh transmission

A gear shifting control device for synchromesh transmission judges whether a gear clash is generated during gear shifting based on gear shifting progress information. If gear clashes occur more frequently than a reference value during a particular shifting mode, then the control device may thereafter skip that shifting mode, if certain conditions are met. The vehicle operator is warned of this event.

For setting selection gate positions for change speed in a gear-shift mechanism of an automatic gear transmission, a first actuator is activated to rotate a shift-and-select lever for shifting one of shift heads engaged therewith in its neutral position to a low or high speed side in a shift direction, and a second actuator is activated to effect movement of the shift-and-select lever in a select direction perpendicular to the shift direction in a condition where the shift head was shifted to the low or high speed side. The second actuator is deactivated when the movement of the shift-and-select lever in the select direction was restricted by engagement with the shift head shifted to the low or high speed side. When the second actuator was deactivated, an output value of a selection-stroke sensor for detecting operation of the second actuator is read out for setting a selection gate position of the shift head shifted to the low or high speed side based thereon.

Apparatus for setting selection gate positions for change speed in automatic gear transmission

The present invention intends to provide a controlling device for transmission in which locking action of the locking mechanism is not hindered by a part of the controlling device such as an actuator, when a fork shaft as an operating mechanism is held at a neutral position. For such purpose, the controlling device for transmission includes plural fork shafts, a selecting member selectively engaging with one of the fork shafts, a selecting actuator for moving the selecting member to engage with the fork shaft, a shifting actuator for applying load to the fork shaft engaged by the selecting member, and locking mechanism for locking the fork shafts. In such controlling device, the selecting actuator is constructed to move the selecting member to a non-engaging position not engaging with any of the fork shafts.

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Kariya, Japan

Mitsutoshi Kamiya