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Hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission
Assignee: Aisin AW Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-03-31
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Granted: 1988-02-02
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Expires: 2006-03-31
Abstract
Abstract An oil pass for communicating a hydraulic servo a change-over valve is provided with an orifice and a by-pass disposed parallel to one another. The by-pass is provided with a sequence valve. When the hydraulic servo is subjected to less than a predetermined pressure, the sequence valve communicates to the change-over valve and the hydraulic servo through the by-pass, and when the hydraulic servo is subjected to a pressure that is higher than the predetermined pressure, the sequence valve is cut off.
Inventors
- 👤 Koji Sumiya
- 👤 Yoshikazu Sakaguchi
- 👤 Takuji Taniguchi
- 👤 Yutaka Taga
- 👤 Yoshio Shindo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 14:54
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/04; F16H61/06; F16H61/065; F16H61/068; F16H63/00; F16H63/40; F16H63/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission having a gear shift mechanism for outputting a plurality of speeds and a friction engaging element for selectively engaging a predetermined element of the gear shift mechanism, said hydraulic circuit comprising: a hydraulic servo for controlling said friction engaging element to selectively engage and disengage; a changeover valve operatively hydraulically connected to said hydraulic servo for selectively allowing oil under pressure to be fed and drained to and from the hydraulic servo respectively; an oil pass extending between said hydraulic servo and said changeover valve, and an orifice disposed in said oil pass; a bypass disposed in a parallel hydraulic relationship with respect to said oil pass and said orifice; and a sequence valve operatively hydraulically connected in the bypass for causing oil from the changeover valve to be fed to the hydraulic servo through said bypass until the oil pressure in the hydraulic servo reaches a first hydraulic servo pressure at which point the sequence valve is shifted to a second position in response to the hydraulic servo pressure, and for causing oil from the changeover valve to pass through the orifice disposed in said oil pass to said hydraulic servo when in said second position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
A hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission having a gear shift mechanism for outputting a plurality of speeds and a friction engaging element for selectively engaging a predetermined element of the gear shift mechanism, said hydraulic circuit comprising: a hydraulic servo for controlling said friction engaging element to selectively engage and disengage; a changeover valve operatively hydraulically connected to said hydraulic servo for selectively allowing oil under pressure to be fed and drained to and from the hydraulic servo respectively; an oil pass extending between said hydraulic servo and said changeover valve, and an orifice disposed in said oil pass; a bypass disposed in a parallel hydraulic relationship with respect to said oil pass and said orifice; and a sequence valve operatively hydraulically connected in the bypass for causing oil from the changeover valve to be fed to the hydraulic servo through said bypass until the oil pressure in the hydraulic servo reaches a first hydraulic servo pressure at which point the sequence valve is shifted to a second position in response to the hydraulic servo pressure, and for causing oil from the changeover valve to pass through the orifice disposed in said oil pass to said hydraulic servo when in said second position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A hydraulic circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said changeover valve is a shift valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
252 words
A hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission having a gear shift mechanism which includes a sub-shifting unit and a main shifting unit, and friction engaging elements selectively engageable for changing a force transmission path through said shifting units to facilitate multistage shifting of the gear shift mechanism which allows multiple speeds to be output by the transmission, said hydraulic circuit comprising: a hydraulic servo for controlling said friction engaging elements to selectively engage and disengage; an oil pass operatively hydraulically connected between said hydraulic servo and a control oil source from which oil is fed, and an orifice disposed in said oil pass; a bypass disposed in a parallel hydraulic relationship with respect to said orifice; and a sequence valve operatively hydraulically connected in said bypass for causing oil fed from the control oil source to be fed to the hydraulic servo through said bypass until the oil pressure in the hydraulic servo reaches a first hydraulic servo pressure which is great enough to initially cause the hydraulic servo to control the friction engagement element to initiate engagement thereof at which point the sequence valve is shifted to a second position in response to the hydraulic servo pressure, and for causing oil from the control oil source to pass through the orifice disposed in said oil pass to said hydraulic servo when in said second position to smoothly increase the hydraulic servo pressure from said first hydraulic servo pressure for causing the friction engaging element to smoothly engage after initially engaging.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
252 words
A hydraulic circuit for controlling an automatic transmission having a gear shift mechanism which includes a sub-shifting unit and a main shifting unit, and friction engaging elements selectively engageable for changing a force transmission path through said shifting units to facilitate multistage shifting of the gear shift mechanism which allows multiple speeds to be output by the transmission, said hydraulic circuit comprising: a hydraulic servo for controlling said friction engaging elements to selectively engage and disengage; an oil pass operatively hydraulically connected between said hydraulic servo and a control oil source from which oil is fed, and an orifice disposed in said oil pass; a bypass disposed in a parallel hydraulic relationship with respect to said orifice; and a sequence valve operatively hydraulically connected in said bypass for causing oil fed from the control oil source to be fed to the hydraulic servo through said bypass until the oil pressure in the hydraulic servo reaches a first hydraulic servo pressure which is great enough to initially cause the hydraulic servo to control the friction engagement element to initiate engagement thereof at which point the sequence valve is shifted to a second position in response to the hydraulic servo pressure, and for causing oil from the control oil source to pass through the orifice disposed in said oil pass to said hydraulic servo when in said second position to smoothly increase the hydraulic servo pressure from said first hydraulic servo pressure for causing the friction engaging element to smoothly engage after initially engaging.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
A hydraulic circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said one of said friction engaging elements is a friction engaging element of said sub-shifting unit, and the shifting of said sequence valve to said second position facilitates an up-shifting of said sub-shifting unit to be effected synchronously with a down-shifting of said main shifting unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A hydraulic circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sub-shifting unit includes an overdrive planetary gear unit, said main shifting unit includes a front planetary gear unit and a rear planetary gear unit, and said one of said friction engaging elements is a brake of said overdrive planetary gear unit.
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