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Control system for vehicular power plant including automatic transmission and exhaust brake
Assignee: JATCO Ltd
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Filing: 1992-03-17
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Granted: 1994-02-01
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Expires: 2012-03-17
Abstract
Abstract A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake. The exhaust brake includes a butterfly valve movably disposed in an exhaust pipe. The control system is comprised of a control unit which is supplied with a signal representative of an engine brake condition and is adapted to generate a signal commanding an automatic downshift of the automatic transmission. Under the operation of the control unit, the exhaust brake is temporarily put into an inoperative condition in response to both the detected engine brake condition and the downshift command.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiji Sano
- 👤 Shigetsugu Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 13:33
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60W; B60W10/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/10; B60W10/11; B60W10/18; B60W10/198; B60W30/00; B60W30/18; B60W30/18009; B60W30/18109; B60W30/18136; F; F02; F02D; F02D9/00; F02D9/04; F02D9/06; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/04; F16H61/21; F16H63/00; F16H63/40; B60W2520/00; B60W2520/10; B60W2710/00; B60W2710/10; B60W2710/1005; B60W2710/18; F16H2061/216; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S477/00; Y10S477/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command for making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily placing the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; and means for detecting an engine speed of the engine, and means for putting the exhaust brake into an operative condition in response to said detected engine speed which is decreasing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command for making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily placing the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; and means for detecting an engine speed of the engine, and means for putting the exhaust brake into an operative condition in response to said detected engine speed which is decreasing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said exhaust brake putting means includes means for detecting an engine speed decreasing condition in which the engine speed is decreasing, and means for putting the exhaust brake into said operative condition in response to said engine speed decreasing condition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A control system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for putting the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to the engine speed which is increasing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
A control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said exhaust gas putting means includes means for detecting an engine speed increasing condition in which the engine speed is decreasing, and means for putting the exhaust brake into said inoperative condition in response to said engine speed increasing condition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command of making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; means for detecting a vehicle speed of a vehicle on which the power plant is mounted; means for detecting a kind of said commanded downshift; and means for deciding an exhaust brake releasing time in accordance with said detected vehicle speed and said detected kind of said downshift, the exhaust brake being put into said inoperative condition during said exhaust brake releasing time, wherein said exhaust brake putting means includes means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into said inoperative condition during a time period between a first timing at which said downshift command is made and a second timing at which said exhaust brake releasing time has lapsed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command of making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; means for detecting a vehicle speed of a vehicle on which the power plant is mounted; means for detecting a kind of said commanded downshift; and means for deciding an exhaust brake releasing time in accordance with said detected vehicle speed and said detected kind of said downshift, the exhaust brake being put into said inoperative condition during said exhaust brake releasing time, wherein said exhaust brake putting means includes means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into said inoperative condition during a time period between a first timing at which said downshift command is made and a second timing at which said exhaust brake releasing time has lapsed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A control system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising means for detecting said first and second timings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
171 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command of making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; wherein said exhaust brake putting means includes means for putting the exhaust brake into said inoperative condition during a time period between a first predetermined time and a second predetermined time, said first predetermined time being after a downshift command time at which said downshift command is made, wherein said control system further comprises means for lowering a hydraulic pressure for shifting the automatic transmission below a normal level, for a time period between a third predetermined time and a fourth predetermined time, said third predetermined time being between said downshift command time and said first predetermined time, said fourth predetermined time being between said first and second predetermined time.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
171 words
A control system for a vehicular power plant including an automatic transmission and an exhaust brake, said control system comprising: means for detecting an engine brake condition and a command of making a downshift of the transmission; means for temporarily putting the exhaust brake into an inoperative condition in response to both said detected engine brake condition and said downshift command; wherein said exhaust brake putting means includes means for putting the exhaust brake into said inoperative condition during a time period between a first predetermined time and a second predetermined time, said first predetermined time being after a downshift command time at which said downshift command is made, wherein said control system further comprises means for lowering a hydraulic pressure for shifting the automatic transmission below a normal level, for a time period between a third predetermined time and a fourth predetermined time, said third predetermined time being between said downshift command time and said first predetermined time, said fourth predetermined time being between said first and second predetermined time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A control system as claimed in claim 7, further comprising means for prohibiting said hydraulic pressure lowering means from its function when said exhaust brake putting means is in an abnormal condition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A control system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising means for detecting said abnormal condition of said exhaust brake putting means.
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