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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1981
Masayuki Sato, Komatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pressure control system for a transmission having a series of fluid-operated clutches which are engaged and disengaged through a selector valve to change drive ratios, has a valve for modulating the fluid pressures applied to the clutches to effect smooth shock free shifting. Basic control of the pressure at any of the clutches is effected by a modulation valve upstream of the selector valve. The modulation valve has an auxiliary chamber formed at one end thereof, a piston mounted therein and an auxiliary port connected to one of the clutches having a maximum filling time thereby shortening the filling time thereof without changing filling times of other clutches.