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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1989
Ludwig Muncke, Lohr, DE;
Winfried Rub, Neustadt, DE;
Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH, Lohr, DE;
Abstract
A process is described for application of pressure on setting mechanisms of transmission elements, e.g., band brakes or disk clutches, of an automatic transmission, particularly of the transmission system of a vehicle. In the process the control pressure applied to the setting mechanism is varied in dependence on the operating conditions. In order to eliminate transition errors and improve adaptation of the meshing behavior of the switching element, the slide of the switching element is regulated at a value adapted to the operating condition involved of the transmission and/or the vehicle. Apparatus for the implementation of the process is also described, as well as a hydraulic control system for supplying the operational chamber of a setting mechanism at a transmission element, which operational chamber has a continual leakage. In this regard, a valve device, by which the operational chamber can be rapidly filed by activation of the setting mechanism, is installed parallel to a rapid-response control valve, with which the pressure force of the transmission element parts can be influenced in a targeted manner. In this manner, it is possible for driver to feel a spontaneous reaction of the vehicle when activating the clutch or an autotmatic lever for switching between forward and reverse operation, without thereby detrimentally affecting the sensitivity and reaction time of the control valve.