Mazda Motor Corporation

Yasunori Kanda

Shinya Kamada

Tatsuhiko Iwasaki

Koichi Yamamoto

Kenji Sawa

Taku Kuramashi

Takamichi Teraoka

Tomoo Sawazaki

Keishi Kitabatake

Akinobu Aoki

Hiroshi Shinozuka

Takeyoshi Kawa

Naotaka Hirami

Masakazu Hombo

Kazushi Kurokawa

Koichi Hirata

Shuji Takuma

Tsunehiro Mori

Mitsutaka Yamaya

Yukiyoshi Fukuda

Kouji Kubo

Tatsuya Kobayashi

Akira Sumitani

Taichi Masuoka

Takeshi Motomuro

Yasuhiro Sudou

Masakazu Kikuchi

Masahiro Koizumi

Masatoshi Nitta

Kazuo Toyoda

Tetsuya Hanzawa

Kazuya Nishimori

Yuji Torigoe

Shoko Suzuki

In order to reduce bending vibration of a connecting rod, a dynamic absorber () configured to reduce the bending vibration of the connecting rod () is provided on a piston ().

Reciprocal rotation mechanism of engine

An engine piston structure includes: a piston (); a connecting rod () having a small end part () coupled to the piston (), and having a large end part () coupled to a crankshaft; a piston pin () through which the piston () and the small end part () of the connecting rod () are coupled together and which has a hollow cross section; and at least one dynamic vibration absorber () provided inside the piston pin () to reduce resonance of the piston (), the piston pin (), and the small end part () of the connecting rod () in combination with respect to the large end part () of the connecting rod () during a combustion stroke.

Piston structure for engine

A piston structure for an engine is provided. The piston structure includes a piston for reciprocating within a cylinder, a connecting rod having a smaller-end part and a larger-end part in both ends, respectively, the smaller-end part coupled to the piston, the larger-end part coupled to a crankshaft, a cross-sectionally hollow piston pin coupling the piston to the smaller-end part, and a dynamic absorber provided inside the piston pin, including a fixed part fixed to the piston pin and a movable part pivotally supported by the fixed part, and for suppressing the piston, the piston pin, and the smaller-end part from integrally resonating with respect to the larger-end part of the connecting rod on combustion stroke. The dynamic absorber includes an assemblable dynamic absorber in which the movable part is formed by attaching a mass adjusting part to the fixed part.

A piston pin structure for an engine is provided, which suppresses integral resonance of a piston, a piston pin, and a smaller end part of a connecting rod with respect to a larger end part of the connecting rod on the combustion stroke, as well as suppresses an increase of noise on other strokes, and restricts the fixed dynamic absorber inside the piston pin from coming off and ensures a coming-off function. The piston pin structure may include a dynamic absorber including a fixed part fixed to a piston pin, a movable part extending in the axial direction of the piston pin, and a supporting part for swingably supporting the movable part with respect to the fixed part. A restriction mechanism for mechanically restricting the movement of the dynamic absorber in the axial direction may also be included.

A control system for an automatic transmission having at least a friction coupling element which is coupled with a hydraulic pressure increasing by way of a leveled transitional pressure has an accumulator which discharge a high level of pressure accumulated therein into the friction coupling element during a gear shift under the condition where the line pressure is low.

Control system for automatic transmission

A control system for an automatic transmission having friction coupling elements, at least one of which is locked in 3rd and 4th gears and unlocked in 1st and 2nd gears, includes a first shift valve shiftable between 3rd and 4th gears, and second shift valve shiftable between in 2nd gear and 1st gear in which engine brake available, and a solenoid valve providing control pressure which is selectively directed to these shift valves and cause them to shift so as to lock or unlock the friction coupling elements.

Automatic transmission control system

A control system for an automatic transmission having a transmission gear mechanism and a plurality of friction coupling elements which are selectively locked and unlocked with hydraulic oil to change power transmission paths to place the automatic transmission into desired available gears, a first one of the friction coupling elements having a locking pressure chamber and an unlocking pressure chamber and being locked when operating oil is supplied into only the locking pressure chamber and unlocking when operating oil is coincidentally supplied into the locking pressure chamber and the unlocking pressure chamber, and a second one of the friction coupling elements having a locking/unlocking pressure chamber in communication, with the unlocking pressure chamber of the first friction coupling element and being locked only when operation oil is supplied into the locking/unlocking pressure chamber. The control system includes a transition level control for controlling a pressure level of transitional pressure of operating oil increasing in pressure level while being supplied to the locking/unlocking pressure chamber of the second friction coupling element during a first specified gear shift with a first friction coupling element and the second friction coupling element are simultaneously unlocked and locked, respectively, and decreasing while being discharged from the locking/unlocking pressure chamber of the second friction coupling element during a second specific gear shift wherein the first friction coupling element and the second friction coupling element are simultaneously locked and unlocked, respectively, and a transitional duration control for controlling a duration time of the transitional pressure during any one of the first and second specific gear shifts.

A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission having at least a forward clutch which is unlocked in a fourth gear and locked in other forward gears and a lock-up clutch for coupling input and output elements of a torque converter together is equipped with a pressure control valve for controlling operating pressure for the forward clutch, a lock-up control valve for connecting and disconnecting the first valve from the lock-up clutch, a pressure line through which control source pressure is introduced into the forward clutch while the first valve is in communication with the lock-up clutch, and a shift valve for discharging the control source pressure from the pressure line.

Forward clutch and lockup clutch control in an automatic transmission

A control system for an automatic transmission having at least a friction coupling element which is coupled with a hydraulic pressure increasing by way of a leveled transitional pressure has an accumulator which discharge a high level of pressure accumulated therein into the fiction coupling element during a gear shift under the condition where the line pressure is low.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yasunori Kanda