Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Aisin-warner Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokuyuki Takahashi

Hiroshi Itoh

Mitsuru Takada

Makoto Funahashi

Seitoku Kubo

Koujiro Kuramochi

Kazumasa Tsukamoto

Hiroshi Ito

Masahiro Hayabuchi

Yasunari Nakamura

Yoshihiro Iijima

Masafumi Kinoshita

Kagenori Fukumura

Daisuke Inoue

Yuji Yasuda

Takashi Ohta

Masahiro Kojima

Tadashi Tamura

Naoki Kato

Yuji Kashihara

Kojiro Kuramochi

Nobuyuki Kato

Akitoshi Kato

Kenichi Yoshizawa

Masayuki Fukai

Mitsutaka Ito

Yutaka Tage

Masahumi Kinoshita

Mikio Mori

Norihiro Kitamura

Kohjiroh Kuramochi

Takuya Ogino

Syoichi Sayou

In an automatic transmission, a small-capacity second clutch that does not engage for reverse drive is mounted forward of a counter drive gear, and the other engaging elements of relatively larger capacity, that is, first and third clutches and first to third brakes, are disposed rearward of the counter drive gear, so that an axially extending space is formed between the counter drive gear and the second clutch, which space is utilized to accommodate a parking gear. Such an arrangement of engaging elements allows the counter shaft to be placed closer to the input shaft without the parking gear interfering with the second clutch, thereby enabling a more compact automatic transmission. Furthermore, since there is no need to relocate the counter drive gear rearward, the length of the counter shaft can be reduced, thereby enabling still greater compactness.

Automatic transmission

An apparatus for controlling a releasing action of a lock-up clutch in a power transmitting system of a motor vehicle wherein the lock-up clutch is disposed between a pump impeller connected to an engine, and a turbine impeller operatively connected to a drive wheel of the motor vehicle, the lock-up clutch being engaged for direct connection of the pump impeller and the turbine impeller, the apparatus including a lock-up clutch switching device for effecting a releasing action of the lock-up clutch from a fully engaged state thereof to a fully released state thereof, and an engine output reducing device for temporarily reducing an output of the engine upon the releasing action of the lock-up clutch.

Apparatus for controlling vehicle lock-up clutch, wherein engine output

A shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission including a gear train having a plurality of one-way clutches having their engagement states switched in accordance with torque applying directions and a plurality of frictional engagement units adapted to be engaged by oil pressures. The apparatus comprises a controller for engaging a first one of the frictional engagement units so as to maintain a predetermined gear stage after any of the one-way clutches has been engaged or released, if a predetermined condition is satisfied after the one-way clutch has been engaged or released to start a shift to the predetermined gear stage.

Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission

A centrifugal hydraulic cancel mechanism for the rotating clutch in which a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body whose diameter is smaller than the first cylindrical body are set on a same central axis, frictional plates are attached to an inner surface of the first cylindrical body and an outer surface of the second cylindrical body, which transmit torque with their friction, a piston is arranged to move forward and backward to the frictional plates, a fluid chamber is formed on the opposite side of the piston in respect to the frictional plates, and a cancel chamber is formed at an opposite side to the fluid chamber in respect to the piston, where oil pressure can be supplied and discharged, comprises an auxiliary oil chamber formed closer to the central axis than the cancel chamber, and a fluid passageway connecting the cancel chamber and the auxiliary oil chamber.

Centrifugal hydraulic cancel mechanism for the rotating clutch

For an automatic transmission for a vehicle including a speed stage shifting device such as shown in FIG. 1 in which the clutch C.sub.1 is adapted to be engaged when the 2nd speed stage and the 3rd speed stage are set up and disengaged when the 4th speed stage is set up, the engagement of the clutch C.sub.1 being essential for setting up the 2nd speed stage while the engagement of the clutch C.sub.1 is not essential for setting up the 3rd speed stage unless engine brake availability is required, a hydraulic control device includes a first passage 235 and a second passage 329 for supplying a hydraulic pressure to the clutch C.sub.1 in parallel with one another, the first passage having a substantially less fluid flow resistance than the second passage, and a fluid flow switching over mechanism including a 1-2 shift valve 210 and a C.sub.1 control valve 300 for alternatively communicating the first or the second passage while interrupting the second or the first passage according to whether the 2nd speed stage or the 3rd speed stage is set up. An accumulator 450 may be provided in the second passage 329. Further, a one way val e 469, or more desirably a parallel connection of the one way valve 469 and an orifice 467 may be provided between the accumulator and the clutch C.sub.1.

Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission for vehicle having

In an automatic transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile having a speed stage shifting mechanism including parallelly arranged first and second input clutches C1, C2 and adapted to selectively engage the first and second input clutches in three ways of engaging the first input clutch C1 with the second input clutch C2 being disengaged to provide a certain first speed stage (2nd speed stage), engaging the second input clutch C2 with the first clutch C1 being disengaged to provide a certain second speed stage (4th speed stage) and engaging both the first and second clutches C1, C2 to provide a certain third speed stage (3rd speed stage), a hydraulic control device has a first valve (3-4 shift valve) for switching over connection of the first input clutch C1 with a hydraulic pressure supply 274 and a drain 280, a second valve (2-3 shift valve) for exchanging connection of the second input clutch C2 and a fail safe port 260 with a hydraulic pressure supply 246 and a drain 252, 253, and a passage 268 for connecting the drain for the first valve with the fail safe port 260 of the second valve so that at least one of the first and second input clutch is supplied with hydraulic pressure regardless of sticking of the first and/or the second valve.

For an automatic transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile having a speed stage shifting mechanism including parallelly arranged first and second hydraulically operated input clutches and adapted to provide the 3rd speed stage in which the first and second input clutches C.sub.1 and C.sub.2 are both engaged and the overdrive 4th stage in which the clutch C.sub.1 is disengaged and the clutch C.sub.2 is engaged, the engagement of the clutch C.sub.1 in the 3rd speed stage being not essential unless engine brake availability is required, a hydraulic control device has a hydraulic pressure supply control device for variably controlling speed of supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first input clutch C.sub.1 according to conditions for engaging the first input clutch such whether it is a kickdown of an overdrive inhibition, and a hydraulic pressure exhaustion control device for controlling speed of exhaustion of a hydraulic pressure from the first input clutch C.sub.1 independently of the hydraulic pressure supply control device to be substantially higher than the speed in the supply.

In an automatic transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile having a speed stage shifting mechanism including parallelly arranged first and second hydraulically operated input clutches and adapted to provide the 3rd speed stage in which the first and second input clutches C.sub.1 and C.sub.2 are both engaged (though the engagement of the clutch C.sub.1 in the 3rd speed stage is not essential unless engine brake availability is required) and the overdrive 4th stage in which the clutch C.sub.1 is disengaged and the clutch C.sub.2 is engaged, the clutch C.sub.1 in the 3rd speed stage being not essential unless engine a hydraulic control device has a switching over valve 330 for switching over supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first clutch C.sub.1 between a first mode of relatively slowing supplying the hydraulic pressure to the first clutch C.sub.1 and a second mode of relatively quickly supplying the hydraulic pressure to the first clutch C.sub.1 according to engine output power so as to select the second mode when engine output power is higher than a determinate power level as in the downshifting by kickdown and to select the first mode when engine output power is less than the determinate power level as in the overdrive inhibition.

Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission for vehicle adapted

A hydraulic control device for generating a hydraulic pressure for a back pressure chamber of an accumulator in a speed stage shifting device of an automatic transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile is adapted to generate a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the back pressure chamber of the accumulator by modulating the so-called line hydraulic pressure according to a balance between the modulated pressure itself and the line hydraulic pressure or more desirably an engine power simulation pressure modulated from the line hydraulic pressure to be lower than the line hydraulic pressure in low engine output operation under an influence of a signal hydraulic pressure controlled by an electromagnetic valve, wherein the signal hydraulic pressure decreases to substantially zero when the electromagnetic valve fails, and the accumulator control valve has a spool element having a first pressure receiving area exposed to the modulated hydraulic pressure to generate a positive feedback effect of decreasing the modulated hydraulic pressure along with increase thereof and a second pressure receiving area so that the accumulator control valve variably operates even when the signal pressure has decreased to zero exposed to the line hydraulic pressure or the engine power simulation pressure to generate an effect of increasing the modulated pressure, the first pressure receiving area having an effective pressure responsive sectional area substantially equal in the magnitude and opposite in the orientation to that of the second pressure receiving area.

Accumulator control device for hydraulic control device for automatic

In an automatic transmission for a vehicle having an input rotational member, an output rotational member, a rotational speed change gear mechanism, clutches and brakes for changing a route of transmittance of torque between the input rotational member and the output rotational member through the rotational speed change gear mechanism in accordance with selective engagement and disengagement of the clutches and brakes so as to provide a plurality of forward speed stages and a reverse stage, a first one of the clutches is constructed to house a second one of the clutches at a radially inside thereof with a piston member of the first clutch serving as a member for transmitting torque through the second clutch, the second clutch being never engaged immediately after disengagement of the first clutch under any operating condition of the vehicle.

Automatic transmission for vehicle having stick-free radially duplicate

A hydraulic control device having a reverse inhibition system and applicable to an automatic transmission for a vehicle of a type including a friction engaging means for a reverse stage having a reverse exclusive hydraulic pressure chamber adapted to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure only for setting up the reverse stage, the reverse inhibition system having a reverse inhibition valve biased to a reverse inhibition position by a control hydraulic pressure for interrupting supply of hydraulic pressure to the reverse exclusive hydraulic pressure chamber and to a reverse allowance position by a hold hydraulic pressure for allowing the supply of hydraulic pressure to the reverse exclusive hydraulic pressure chamber, wherein the hydraulic pressure supplied to the reverse exclusive hydraulic pressure chamber is used for the hold hydraulic pressure.

Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission for vehicle with

A hydraulic pressure control device for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, including a spool type hydraulic pressure control valve for selectively prevent setting up of the reverse stage when a manual shift valve is set to the reverse range while the vehicle is traveling forward, wherein the spool element of the hydraulic pressure control valve is positively shifted to a position for not preventing the setting up of the reverse stage by a hydraulic pressure available when the manual shift valve is set to the forward range.

Hydraulic pressure control device for automatic transmission for vehicle

For an automatic transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile having a first friction engaging means such as a clutch which is switched over between engagement and disengagement between two adjacent speed stages such as the third speed stage and the fourth speed stage and a second friction engaging mechanism such as a brake which is engaged at two spaced apart jumping apart speed stages such as the fourth speed stage under D range and the second speed stage under S range, a hydraulic control device switches over such two friction engaging means by a first shift valve for three speed stages such as the fourth, third and second speed stages with a help of second shift valve for switching over the second speed stage and the third speed stage. A drain port of the first shift valve is supplied with a hydraulic pressure from an S port of a manual shift valve through the second shift valve.

A vehicle transmission including a first, a second and a third planetary gear unit coaxially disposed between an input and an output member. The three units have respective first, second and third sun gears, respective first, second and third planetary gears, respective first, second and third carriers, and respective first, second and third ring gears. The first carrier, second ring gear, third sun gear and output members are connected to each other, while the second carrier and the third ring gear are connected to each other. The transmission has a first and a second coupling device for connecting the first ring and sun gears to the input member, respectively, a third and a fourth coupling device for connecting the first sun gear to the second sun gear and to the second carrier and third ring gear, respectively, a fifth coupling device for fixing the third carrier to a stationary member, a sixth coupling device, for fixing the second carrier and third ring gear to the stationary member, and a seventh coupling device for fixing the second sun gear to the stationary member.

Planetary gear transmission for motor vehicle

A planetary gear type speed change device having a first planetary gear mechanism 10, 12, 14, 16 or 60, 64, 66, 68, 70 and a second planetary gear mechanism 20, 22, 24, 26 or 62, 64, 66, 70 incorporated between an input shaft 52 and an output shaft 54 by a selectively actuable drive system including four clutches 38, 40, 42, 44, two brakes 46, 48 and a one-way clutch 34, wherein the one-way clutch 34 has two functions of selectively braking the ring gear 12 or the carrier 70 with respect to the housing 50 via the brake 46 in providing a first speed stage and also of selectively connecting the carrier 26 or 70 with the sun gear 20 or 62 via the clutch 40 in providing a third speed stage.

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Aichi, Japan

Tokuyuki Takahashi