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Shift control system, and process for automatic transmissions
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1991-06-19
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Granted: 1992-08-18
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Expires: 2011-06-19
Abstract
Abstract A shift control system for an automatic transmission comprises: a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly connected in series to each other and individually having frictional engagement elements to be engaged, if subjected to oil pressures, and accumulators for regulating the oil pressures to be applied to the frictional engagement elements, so as to set any one of gear stages by applying the frictional engagement elements of one of the transmission assemblies to shift up the one transmission assembly and by releasing the frictional engagement elements of the other transmission assembly to shift down the other transmission assembly. The shift control system further comprises: a predictor for predicting whether or not the end of the upshift is to be delayed from that of the downshift; and a back pressure controller for boosting up the back pressures of the individual accumulators connected to the frictional engagement elements, simultaneously, on the basis of the fact that the predictor has predicted the delay of the end of the upshift from that of the downshift.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunihiro Iwatsuki
- 👤 Hiromichi Kimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:47
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/04; F16H61/06; F16H61/061; F16H61/70; F16H61/702; F16H61/0021; F16H61/0025; F16H2061/0034; F16H61/065; F16H61/067; F16H61/08; F16H61/68; F16H61/684; F16H61/686; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S477/00; Y10S477/908
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A shift control system for an automatic transmission comprising: a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly connected in series to each other and individually having frictional engagement elements to be engaged, if subjected to oil pressures, and accumulators for regulating the oil pressures to be applied to said frictional engagement elements, so as to set any one of gear stages by applying the frictional engagement elements of one of said transmission assemblies to shift up said one transmission assembly and by releasing the frictional engagement elements of the other transmission assembly to shift down said other transmission assembly, wherein the improvement comprises: prediction means for predicting whether or not the end of said upshift is to be delayed from that of said downshift; and back pressure control means for boosting up the back pressures of the individual accumulators connected to said frictional engagement elements, simultaneously, on the basis of the fact that said prediction means has predicted the delay of the end of said upshift from that of said downshift.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A shift control system for an automatic transmission comprising: a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly connected in series to each other and individually having frictional engagement elements to be engaged, if subjected to oil pressures, and accumulators for regulating the oil pressures to be applied to said frictional engagement elements, so as to set any one of gear stages by applying the frictional engagement elements of one of said transmission assemblies to shift up said one transmission assembly and by releasing the frictional engagement elements of the other transmission assembly to shift down said other transmission assembly, wherein the improvement comprises: prediction means for predicting whether or not the end of said upshift is to be delayed from that of said downshift; and back pressure control means for boosting up the back pressures of the individual accumulators connected to said frictional engagement elements, simultaneously, on the basis of the fact that said prediction means has predicted the delay of the end of said upshift from that of said downshift.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A shift control system according to claim 1, wherein said back pressure control means includes: a pressure regulating valve capable of having its pressure regulating level changed; and pressure regulating level changing means for changing the pressure regulating level of said pressure regulating valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A shift control system according to claim 2, wherein said accumulators individually have back pressure chambers connected to said pressure regulating valve via a common oil passage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
A shift control system according to claim 3, wherein said pressure regulating valve has a spool for regulating the oil pressure according to a load, which acts to push said spool in one direction of the axial direction of said spool, by applying the oil pressure against said load.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A shift control system according to claim 4, wherein said pressure regulating level changing means is a solenoid valve for applying the oil pressure against said load to said pressure regulating valve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A shift control system according to claim 5, wherein said solenoid valve is a linear solenoid valve for establishing a pressure changing with a current value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A shift control system according to claim 1, wherein said prediction means predicts the delay of the end of said upshift from that of said downshift on the basis of the change in the rotational speed of each of said frictional engagement elements.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
161 words
A shift control process for an automatic transmission comprising: a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly connected in series to each other and individually having frictional engagement elements to be engaged, if subjected to oil pressures, and accumulators for regulating the oil pressures to be applied to said frictional engagement elements, so as to set any one of gear stages by applying the frictional engagement elements of one of said transmission assemblies to shift up said one transmission assembly and by releasing the frictional engagement elements of the other transmission assembly to shift down said other transmission assembly, wherein the improvement comprises: the step of predicting whether or not the end of said upshift is to be delayed from that of said downshift; and the step of boosting up the back pressures of the individual accumulators connected to said frictional engagement elements, simultaneously, if the delay of the end of said upshift from that of said downshift is predicted.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
161 words
A shift control process for an automatic transmission comprising: a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly connected in series to each other and individually having frictional engagement elements to be engaged, if subjected to oil pressures, and accumulators for regulating the oil pressures to be applied to said frictional engagement elements, so as to set any one of gear stages by applying the frictional engagement elements of one of said transmission assemblies to shift up said one transmission assembly and by releasing the frictional engagement elements of the other transmission assembly to shift down said other transmission assembly, wherein the improvement comprises: the step of predicting whether or not the end of said upshift is to be delayed from that of said downshift; and the step of boosting up the back pressures of the individual accumulators connected to said frictional engagement elements, simultaneously, if the delay of the end of said upshift from that of said downshift is predicted.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
A shift control process according to claim 8, wherein the prediction of whether or not the end of said upshift is delayed from that of said downshift is based upon a change in the rotational speed of each of said frictional engagement elements.
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