Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin-warner Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin-warner Limited

Toyota Jidosha K.k.

Aisin Aw Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin-warner K.k.

Yoshikazu Sakaguchi

Koji Sumiya

Yutaka Taga

Yoshio Shindo

Takuji Taniguchi

Seitoku Kubo

Takenori Kano

Tsunehiko Ogasawara

Yoshichika Arakawa

Koichi Ichigo

Shuzo Moroto

Akira Hoshino

Masao Saito

Muneo Kusafuka

Masamichi Unoki

Masanori Kadotani

Takeya Oka

Junichi Nishimura

Eiji Kato

Kazumasa Tsukamoto

Kunihiro Iwatsuki

Yasuo Hojo

Nobuaki Miki

Hiroji Taniguchi

Yoshiharu Harada

Kazuaki Watanabe

Yuji Kashihara

Kazuhiko Kato

Haruki Yamamoto

Takeshi Nasu

Takahiro Yamashita

Takuji Akiyama

Takahiro Yasuda

Kozo Mandokoro

Osamu Takeuchi

Katsuya Tanaka

Yoshihara Harada

Kyouji Harada

Yasushi Ando

A control system for an automatic transmission having a running status detector for detecting the running status of a vehicle including an input torque from an engine; a running resistance estimator for estimating a running resistance on the basis of the running status of the vehicle; a running resistance comparator for comparing the estimated running resistance and a preset reference value; and a shift characteristic changing device for changing shift characteristics in accordance with the comparison result of the running resistance comparator. The automatic transmission control system further has a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature relating to the temperature of the engine and a decision device for determining a specific engine running status, in which the output of the engine drops, on the basis of an output signal coming from the temperature sensor. The running resistance comparator changes the reference value in accordance with the determination of the decision device.

Control system for automatic transmission

An electromagnetic pressure regulating valve includes a hollow core, a coil surrounding the core and a plunger for applying a load to a valve member through a shaft fitted in the hollow of the core, so that the pressure regulating valve is actuated when an electric signal is fed to the coil. A bushing is mounted in the hollow portion of the core for supporting the shaft for sliding relative to the core and is made of a resin material on at least its sliding face contacting the shaft. An oil passage is provided in the valve for circulating a lubricant to lubricate the areas of sliding contact between the bushing and the shaft.

Electromagnetic pressure regulating valve

An electromagnetic valve includes a hydraulic circuit coupling having an input port and a strainer mounted over the input port. The strainer is an entirely planar member and includes a filter portion having a plurality of pores forming a mesh and a retaining portion formed around the outer circumference of the filter portion. The strainer is fixed on the cylindrical wall of the input port of the hydraulic circuit coupling. The hydraulic circuit coupling may have a plurality of projections for engaging and holding the strainer. Alternatively, the retaining portion of the strainer may have a plurality of coplanar projections extending from its outer circumference coplanar with the filter portion and mating with a groove formed around the inner circumference of the input port of the coupling.

Electromagnetic valve

A pressure regulating valve includes a valve body with an input port, an output port and a drain port. A valve member is slidably arranged in the valve body for controlling the fluid communication among the ports and is positioned by an electromagnetic solenoid and a spring, both of which apply loads to the valve member. A spring load setting mechanism is used to move the valve member to a position at which a load according to an input signal to the electromagnetic solenoid, the load of the spring and a feedback pressure are balanced. A supply pressure fed to the input port is thereby regulated and output from the output port. The load setting mechanism includes a receiving plug screwed into the valve body for holding and supporting the spring in a compressed state and a retainer fixed on the valve body for holding the receiving plug against rotation. The receiving plug has an indexed portion at its distal end which is engaged by the restrainer for establishing a rotational position. One of the retainer and the indexed portion of the receiving plug has recesses whereas the other has protrusions for engaging the recesses.

Pressure regulating valve

A control system for an automatic transmission having a running status detector for detecting the running status of a vehicle to include an input torque from the engine; a running resistance estimator for estimating a running resistance on the basis of the running status of the vehicle; and shift characteristic changer for changing shift characteristics in accordance with the running resistance of the vehicle. The control system further comprises an engine output controller for reducing the output of the engine by a sub-throttle valve which acts independently of the driver at an overrun time of drive wheels; and an action status detector for detecting the action status of the sub-throttle valve. The running resistance estimator estimates the running resistance of the vehicle on the basis of the running status detector and the action status detector of the sub-throttle valve.

An automatic transmission with a reverse inhibit feedback passage between front and rear oil sumps. The transmission includes a case, a passage in the case for returning oil to the front sump from the rear sump and a flap valve for allowing the flow from rear sump to front sump while inhibiting oil flow in the reverse direction.

Automatic transmission with feedback passage for preventing reverse flow

An automatic transmission for a vehicle having a planetary gear mechanism, which is accommodated in an automatic transmission case, is provided with an accordion-like leaf spring disposed in a gap for allowing interior spaces of an automatic transmission case to communicate with each other, the gap being provided in the automatic transmission case between an outer peripheral surface of axially movable brake elements which are fixed against rotation on the one hand, and an inner peripheral surface of the automatic transmission case on the other. The accordion-like leaf spring is adapted to engage and bias a friction plate and has folded-back portions or pleats that lie generally parallel to the rotating shaft.

Resilient support for friction elements of a multi-disc clutch or brake

A multi-disk brake for an automatic transmission having a plurality of annular outer lamellae having a larger diameter and a plurality of annular inner lamellae having a smaller diameter, the outer and inner lamellae being alternately arranged and interleaved in the axial direction. The outer lamellae are splined to the transmission case while the inner lamellae are rotatably supported on the case. The multi-disk brake has an engagement/disengagement mechanism capable of pressing the outer and inner lamellae so as to bring the same into frictional engagement and capable of disengaging and releasing the outer and inner lamellae from each other. A support member is inserted into the lowermost portion of an annular gap formed between outer the peripheral surfaces of the outer lamellae and the inner peripheral surface of the case, the support member supporting the outer lamellae biases them upward, thereby preventing any rotational drag motion of the outer lamellae.

Multi-disk brake for automatic transmission

In an accumulator including a piston which slides freely in a cylinder and a spring which presses the piston, a hole of the piston end where, at the bottom, a large diameter section is made, and small diameter section whose diameter is smaller than that of the large diameter section is located at another side of the large diameter section is located at another side of the large diameter section against the bottom of the hole is provided, and the spring assembly having the retaining member and the coil spring whose one end is fixed to the retaining member and another end is free is provided, and the snap ring is provided to hold the retaining member between the bottom of the hole and the snap ring which is installed in the large diameter section with radial expansion force, so that the spring assembly is installed in the hole of the piston.

Accumulator

Described herein is a hydraulic control system for vehicular automatic transmission, including an accumulator back pressure control circuit which is provided between a line pressure conduit and a back pressure supply conduit, and comprises a first accumulator control valve for dropping the line pressure according to the throttle opening, and a second accumulator control valve receiving an input pressure commensurate with the throttle opening and dropping the output pressure of the first accumulator control valve according to the throttle opening to apply to the piston of the accumulator a back pressure varying in corresponding to the engine output shaft torque.

Hydraulic control system for vehicular automatic transmission with two

A selecting valve is provided, which is switched by different signals sent out when the vehicle is stopped or when the vehicle is to start to move. The selecting valve is connected to a hydraulic servo unit for a forward clutch which is engaged to transmit torque when the vehicle is to move forward, and is supplied with line pressure and a control pressure provided by an electronically operated regulating valve, such as an electronically controlled throttle valve. The regulated control pressure from the electronically operated regulating valve is supplied to the hydraulic servo unit for the forward clutch when the vehicle is stopped, while line pressure is supplied when the vehicle is to move, thus preventing creeping and shift shock at starts. Since the selecting valve is provided with a port leading to the hydraulic servo unit for a brake which restricts vehicle movement, the brake can be applied when the vehicle is stopped and released when moved, thus providing hill-holding capability.

Hydraulic control device for automatic transmissions

Under idle condition of a vehicle, control valve 90 is 'left half position', line pressure modulated by throttle valve 41 is applied to clutch hydraulic servo C.sub.1 through ports .delta., .mu.; and the clutch is held just under connection, line pressure is applied to brake hydraulic servo B.sub.1 through shift valve 52 being under low speed condition;

Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission

Hydraulic servo mechanism of automatic transmission for vehicle

A cut-back pressure control device for a multi-speed automatic transmission includes a cut-back valve that has a spool which is controlled by both hydraulic pressure which changes in response to shifting of a sub-transmission unit between high-speed and low-speed modes and a hydraulic pressure which is established by the operation of the main transmission unit at 2nd or higher speeds. The spool is moved to a position where it interrupts the cut-back pressure when the main transmission unit selects the 1st speed while the sub-transmission unit is in the low-speed mode, whereas, when the sub-transmission unit is in the high-speed mode or when the main transmission unit selects the 2nd or a higher speed, the spool is held at a position at which it permits the supply of the cut-back pressure.

Cut-back pressure control device for multi-speed automatic transmission

A hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission. The hydraulic circuit has a control valve connected between a shift valve and a hydraulic servomotor for actuating a frictional engagement element such as a brake in a main transmission unit. The control valve is controlled by a signal from a control means in such a manner that, when the hydraulic servomotor is drained by the operation of the shift valve to disengage the brake, the engagement of a frictional engaging element in another transmission unit is synchronized therewith.

Hydraulic circuit for controlling automatic transmission

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