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Granted Patent B2
US 8,914,206 · App. 13/819,551 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Control device of continuously variable transmission for vehicle

Inventors: Kunio Hattori (Nagoya, JP); Shinya Toyoda (Nisshin, JP); Atsushi Ayabe (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
F16H61/02F16H9/125
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Patent No.
US 8,914,206
App. No.
13/819,551
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle having a pair of variable pulleys with variable effective diameters of an input-side variable pulley and an output-side variable pulley and a transmission belt wound around between the pair of the variable pulleys, the continuously variable transmission respectively controlling an input-side thrust force in the input-side variable pulley and an output-side thrust force in the output-side variable pulley to set an actual gear ratio to a target gear ratio while preventing a slip of the transmission belt, the continuously variable transmission includes: a hydraulic control circuit capable of accurately controlling one of the input-side variable pulley and the output-side variable pulley in terms of thrust force as compared to the other, in the case that a target thrust force on the one side for assuring belt slip prevention of the both pulleys on the one side is set, based on a target thrust force on the one side, a target thrust force on the other side for achieving a target gear ratio on the other side being set, and a larger one being selected as the target thrust force on the one side out of a limit thrust force to a slip on the one side required for belt slip prevention on the one side, and a thrust force on the one side required for achieving a target gear ratio on the one side calculated based on a limit thrust force to a slip on the other side required for belt slip prevention on the other side.

Claims (30)

1. A control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle having a pair of variable pulleys with variable effective diameters of an input-side variable pulley and an output-side variable pulley and a transmission belt wound around between the pair of the variable pulleys, the continuously variable transmission respectively controlling an input-side thrust force in the input-side variable pulley and an output-side thrust force in the output-side variable pulley to set an actual gear ratio to a target gear ratio while preventing a slip of the transmission belt, the continuously variable transmission comprising:

a hydraulic control circuit capable of accurately controlling one of the input-side variable pulley and the output-side variable pulley in terms of thrust force as compared to the other,

in the case that a target thrust force on the one side for assuring belt slip prevention of the both pulleys on the one side is set, based on a target thrust force on the one side, a target thrust force on the other side for achieving a target gear ratio on the other side being set, and

a larger one being selected as the target thrust force on the one side out of

a limit thrust force to a slip on the one side required for belt slip prevention on the one side, and

a thrust force on the one side required for achieving a target gear ratio on the one side calculated based on a limit thrust force to a slip on the other side required for belt slip prevention on the other side.

2. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the target thrust force on the other side is corrected through feedback control of a thrust force on the other side based on a deviation between a target gear ratio and an actual gear ratio or a deviation between a target pulley position and an actual pulley position.

3. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the thrust force required for the shift control is a thrust force required for achieving a target gear ratio and a target shift speed.

4. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the limit thrust force to a slip is calculated based on an actual gear ratio and an input torque of the continuously variable transmission for a vehicle.

5. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the limit thrust force to a slip is calculated based on an actual gear ratio and an input torque of the continuously variable transmission for a vehicle.

6. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein

the hydraulic control circuit includes an oil pressure sensor for detecting an actual pulley pressure acting on the one variable pulley only on the one side, and wherein

feedback control is provided that sets a detection value of the oil pressure sensor to a target pulley pressure corresponding to the target thrust force on the one side.

7. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein a predetermined thrust force corresponding to variation related to calculation of the thrust force on the one side based on the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side is added before the calculation to the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side.

8. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the thrust force required for the shift control is a thrust force required for achieving a target gear ratio and a target shift speed.

9. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the limit thrust force to a slip is calculated based on an actual gear ratio and an input torque of the continuously variable transmission for a vehicle.

10. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 8 , wherein

the hydraulic control circuit includes an oil pressure sensor for detecting an actual pulley pressure acting on the one variable pulley only on the one side, and wherein

feedback control is provided that sets a detection value of the oil pressure sensor to a target pulley pressure corresponding to the target thrust force on the one side.

11. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 8 , wherein a predetermined thrust force corresponding to variation related to calculation of the thrust force on the one side based on the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side is added before the calculation to the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side.

12. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the limit thrust force to a slip is calculated based on an actual gear ratio and an input torque of the continuously variable transmission for a vehicle.

13. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 12 , wherein

the hydraulic control circuit includes an oil pressure sensor for detecting an actual pulley pressure acting on the one variable pulley only on the one side, and wherein

feedback control is provided that sets a detection value of the oil pressure sensor to a target pulley pressure corresponding to the target thrust force on the one side.

14. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 12 , wherein a predetermined thrust force corresponding to variation related to calculation of the thrust force on the one side based on the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side is added before the calculation to the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side.

15. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the hydraulic control circuit includes an oil pressure sensor for detecting an actual pulley pressure acting on the one variable pulley only on the one side, and wherein

feedback control is provided that sets a detection value of the oil pressure sensor to a target pulley pressure corresponding to the target thrust force on the one side.

16. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 15 , wherein a predetermined thrust force corresponding to variation related to calculation of the thrust force on the one side based on the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side is added before the calculation to the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side.

17. The control device of a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a predetermined thrust force corresponding to variation related to calculation of the thrust force on the one side based on the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side is added before the calculation to the limit thrust force to a slip on the other side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2013
From: HATTORI, KUNIO; TOYODA, SHINYA; AYABE, ATSUSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
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