IP Library Granted Patent US 7,635,318
Granted Patent B2
US 7,635,318 · App. 11/926,763 · Granted Dec 22, 2009

Automatic transmission shift control apparatus and method

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,635,318
App. No.
11/926,763
Granted
Dec 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automatic transmission shift control apparatus includes a shift point learning-correcting unit and a high acceleration time upshifting unit. The shift point learning-correcting unit executes learning-correction of a shift point during an upshift such that an input rotational speed of the automatic transmission reaches a predetermined target maximum rotational speed. The high acceleration time upshifting unit executes, when predetermined high acceleration is requested, an upshift control based on the shift point in which a learning value of the shift point learning-correcting unit is reflected. When the high acceleration is not requested, the upshift control is performed based on a reference value of the shift point in which the learning value of the shift point learning-correcting unit is not reflected. The shift point learning-correcting unit executes the learning-correction of the shift point when the learning value is reflected in the upshift control.

Claims (10)

1. A shift control apparatus of an automatic transmission, comprising:

a shift point learning-correcting unit that executes learning-correction of a shift point during an upshift such that an input rotational speed of the automatic transmission reaches a predetermined target maximum rotational speed;

a high acceleration time upshifting unit that executes, when predetermined high acceleration is requested, an upshift control based on the shift point in which a learning value of the shift point learning-correcting unit is reflected; and

a determining unit that determines whether the learning value is reflected in the upshift control when the upshift is performed, wherein

when the high acceleration is not requested, the upshift control is executed based on a reference value of the shift point, which does not reflect the learning value of the shift point learning-correcting unit, and

the shift point learning-correcting unit executes the learning-correction of the shift point when it is determined that the learning value is reflected.

2. The shift control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a learning value reflection checking unit that determines whether the learning value is reflected in the upshift control,

wherein, when the learning value reflection checking unit determines that the learning value is not reflected in the upshift control, the shift point learning-correcting unit is prohibited from executing the learning-correction of the shift point.

3. The shift control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the learning value reflection checking unit determines whether the learning value is reflected in the upshift control each time the upshift control is executed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2007
From: KITAORI, ICHIRO; SAWADA, HIROYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020029/0719 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-314366 · Nov 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080119327A1 · May 22, 2008