Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

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Nok Corporation

Yasunari Nakamura

Kagenori Fukumura

Fumitomo Yokoyama

Atsushi Tabata

Kunio Morisawa

Seitoku Kubo

Yasuo Hojo

Takashi Ohta

Hideo Tomomatsu

Hiroji Taniguchi

Kazuhisa Ozaki

Masami Kondo

Nobuaki Takahashi

Mitsuru Takada

Hideki Yasue

Hideki Miyata

Takenori Kano

Yoshio Ito

Tokuyuki Takahashi

Yasunori Nakawaki

Yuji Kashihara

Teruo Akashi

Masaharu Tanaka

Kenichi Yoshizawa

Makoto Hijikata

Tooru Matsubara

Yutaka Taga

Kazumasa Tsukamoto

Hiroshi Ito

Kunihiro Iwatsuki

Takao Taniguchi

Hiroyuki Yoshida

Kazuyuki Shiiba

Daisuke Inoue

Masahiko Ando

Koujiro Kuramochi

Mikio Iwase

Yoshio Shindo

Masataka Osawa

Akira Fukatsu

Kojiro Kuramochi

Naoyuki Sakamoto

Yoshihiro Iijima

Masayasu Mizobuchi

Tatsuya Iwatsuki

Isamu Minemoto

Kisaburo Hayakawa

Masuji Oshima

Akihito Hongoya

Masanori Kadotani

Syoichi Sayo

Toshiyuki Mae

Shoichi Sayo

Koji Tsukamoto

Akihiro Kuroyanagi

Shin Miyajima

Kohjiroh Kuramochi

Harumichi Tsuboi

Yoshiaki Hirota

Yutaka Tage

An apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle including an engine and an automatic transmission. The apparatus is operable upon generation of an engine-output control command requiring an output of the engine during a shift-up action of the transmission initiated in the absence of the engine-output control command, and includes a shifting-progress calculating portion operable to calculate a degree of progress of the shift-up action of the transmission after a moment of generation of the engine-output control command, on the basis of a change of a rotating speed of a rotary element which changes with the progress of the shift-up action, and a gradual-engine-torque-increase control portion operable to control the engine on the basis of the degree of progress of the shift-up action calculated by the shifting-progress calculating portion, so as to gradually increase an output torque of the engine with the progress of the shift-up action.

Vehicle control apparatus operable during shifting of transmission

Vehicle control apparatus for effecting cooperative control of an automatic transmission and a drive power source which produces an output to drive the vehicle through the automatic transmission, the automatic transmission incorporating a frictional coupling device which is engaged to place the automatic transmission in a power transmitting state, during power driving of the vehicle with the output of the drive power source, and is released to place the automatic transmission in a power disconnecting state, during coasting of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a device for determining whether a control initiating condition required to initiate an output increase control for temporarily increasing the output of the drive power source is satisfied or not, depending upon whether an operation to accelerate the vehicle is performed during the vehicle coasting while the frictional coupling device is placed in a released state, and a device which is operated when the control initiating condition is satisfied, for effecting the output increase control such that the output of the drive power source is larger by a predetermined amount than when the output increase control is not effected.

Apparatus for increasing vehicle drive power source output upon accelerator redal operation during vehicle coasting with automatic transmission in released state

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle automatic transmission, wherein a moment at which the supply of a pressurized fluid to a hydraulic cylinder for engagement of a frictional coupling device to effect an upshift of the transmission during running of the vehicle in a power-off state is initiated is determined by comparing an estimated synchronizing time required for the transmission input speed to reach a synchronizing speed of a higher-gear position to which the transmission is shifted, with a stored predetermined stroking time required for the piston of the hydraulic cylinder to reach its engaging stroke end.

Apparatus for controlling frictional coupling device to effect vehicle transmission upshift while accelerator pedal is not in operation

An apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission of an automotive vehicle, which is shifted to a selected one of operating positions by an engaging action of a frictional coupling device, wherein an overshoot engagement control device is provided to shift the automatic transmission to the selected one operating position such that a shifting action of the automatic transmission is initiated while an input speed of the automatic transmission is lower than a synchronizing speed of the selected operating position. The overshoot engagement control device is arranged to control an engaging force of the frictional coupling device such that the input speed is first raised above the synchronizing speed and is then lowered down toward the synchronizing speed.

Vehicle transmission shift control for engagement of frictional coupling device so as to first raise transmission input speed above synchronizing speed

A motor vehicle drive system controller is adapted to automatic drive control, the engine and the transmission being among the objects of control. The power output of the motor is controlled so as to maintain either a consistent drivable mode or a consistent undrivable mode as the automatic transmission shifts gears while the vehicle is running under automatic drive control. The consistent drivable mode refers to a state where the output torque of the motor is greater than the sum of the average running resistance and the variation in the running resistance and the consistent undrivable mode refers to a state where the output torque of the motor is smaller than the difference of the average running resistance and the variation in the running resistance. The automatic drive control function is prohibited when the controller detects abnormality in the transmission.

Motor vehicle drive system controller and automatic drive controller

Parking device for automatic transmission

An oil seal member is compressed between a connecting pipe for supplying oil to an oil chamber of a hydraulic servo and the cylinder drum of the hydraulic servo. The cylinder drum has an interior oil chamber and turns through a predetermined angle upon operation of a frictional engagement element by the hydraulic servo. The end of the seal member pressed against the cylindrical drum surrounds an oil hole 73 formed in the cylindrical drum, and oil pressure is supplied to the oil chamber through an oil passage in which the seal member is mounted and through the oil hole. A recess is formed in the outer surface of the cylindrical drum around the oil hole and the end of the seal member is received in the recess. When the cylindrical member turns within the predetermined angular range, the end of the seal member is protected by the recess. As a result, the end of the seal member is not damaged and the integrity of the seal is protected.

Oil seal for automatic transmission

It is an object of the invention to provide a shift control apparatus which does not cause a vehicle driver to feel uncomfortable when shift control means resumes normal shift control using a predetermined shift pattern. Where return-to-normal determining means 105 determines that a condition or conditions under which the shift control means 102 resumes shift control using a MEDIUM MODE shift pattern is/are satisfied, return-to-normal permitting means 116 permits the shift control means 102 to resume the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern when an output control member release determining means 108 determines that an accelerator pedal 58 has been released. In this arrangement, the driver does not feel uncomfortable even if the transmission is shifted up immediately after the shift control means 102 resumes the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern.

Apparatus for controlling automatic transmission of motor vehicle

Apparatus for estimating a drive mode of a motor vehicle desired by an operator of the motor vehicle, including a variable calculating device and a drive mode estimating device, wherein the variable calculating device calculates at least one of drive mode indicating variables such as a drive force of the vehicle desired by the operator upon starting of the vehicle, a maximum rate of increase of the drive force, a maximum deceleration of the vehicle upon operation of a manually operated member for brake application to the vehicle, a coasting run time of the vehicle and a steady run time of the vehicle, and wherein the drive mode estimating device includes a neural network which receives the drive mode indicating variable or variables calculated by the variable calculating device, so that the drive mode estimating device estimates the drive mode of the motor vehicle desired by the operator on the basis of an output of the neural network. The output of the neural network may be used to control a desired controllable system of the vehicle such as an automatic transmission and a vehicle drive force control device.

Vehicle drive mode estimating device, and vehicle control apparatus,

An oil temperature responsive hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission includes a hydraulic servo for applying/releasing a frictional engagement element; a pressure regulator valve for regulating oil pressure fed to the hydraulic servo; and a signal pressure oil passage for applying a pressure regulating signal pressure to the pressure regulator valve. A control valve is arranged in the signal pressure oil passage for changing the effective diameter of the signal pressure oil passage responsive to change in oil temperature.

Oil temperature responsive hydraulic control system for an automatic

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 method and an apparatus for controlling a 4-wheel drive system of a motor vehicle having front wheels and rear wheels and a power transmission. The 4-wheel drive system includes a differential control clutch having input and output elements which are rotatable relative to each other with a controlled amount of engagement therebetween, so as to control a ratio of distribution of a torque from the power transmission to front and rear wheels. When it is determined that the power transmission is commanded to be shifted from a first gear position to a second gear position whose speed ratio is different from that of the first gear position, the differential control clutch is temporarily placed in a fully disengaged position thereof for a predetermined time duration. With the clutch placed in the fully disengaged position upon each shifting operation of the transmission to the second gear position, the separated friction surfaces of the clutch may be lubricated to maintain high durability of the clutch.

Method and apparatus for controlling 4-wheel drive system for a motor

A differential motion limiting device, for a power transmission device for four wheel drive vehicle, to regulate differential motion of a center differential device includes a wet-type multi plate clutch and an hydraulic actuator. And a switching valve is attached to an oil passage to the hydraulic actuator. In normal running condition, a switching valve is in connecting condition, and a hydraulic pressure being varied by driving conditions is applied to a hydraulic actuator. Under this condition, the clutch is slippingly engaged by certain engaging force so that torque, per certain ratio, is transmitted to the front and the rear wheels. In high speed condition, such as the maximum speed state like an overdrive, or a vehicle speed more than 100 km/h, sensors detect such state, then the switching valve is switched, and the clutch is released. As a result, lubrication oil is flowed between friction plates and separators of the clutch to release heat therefrom.

Power transmission device for four wheel drive vehicles

A power transmission device for four wheel drive vehicle includes a differential motion limiting device, for limiting differential motion of a center differential device, which is made up by a wet-type frictional clutch and a hydraulic actuator. Under running condition, the frictional clutch is engaged by certain engaging force, and considering frictional coefficient of roads, the clutch is engaged with some slips so that torque distribution to front and rear wheels becomes even (50:50), then torque is distributed from the center differential device to front and rear wheels. The line pressure is applied to the hydraulic actuator through a regulator valve. In normal running condition, the regulator valve reduces the line pressure pre certain ratio, the reduced pressure is applied to the hydraulic actuator. In the case the manual valve being shifted to R range or low speed position, the regulator valve is switched to apply the line pressure directly to the hydraulic actuator. In the case of the manual valve being shifted to a low speed position, then from the low speed port of the manual valve, the line pressure is applied to a modulator valve where the line pressure is modulated, and applied to a back pressure port of a primary regulator valve to boost the line pressure up to certain volume.

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Nagoya, Japan

Yasunari Nakamura