IP Library Granted Patent US 9,458,927
Granted Patent B2
US 9,458,927 · App. 14/438,841 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission

Inventors: Mitsuru Yamada (Nishio, JP); Tozo Yamada (Nagoya, JP); Yoshimitsu Hyodo (Nishio, JP); Kenichi Tsuchida (Nishio, JP); Kazunori Ishikawa (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
F16H61/0021F16H61/0025F16H61/0206F16H61/12F16H61/686F16H2061/0078F16H2061/1224F16H2061/1264
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Patent No.
US 9,458,927
App. No.
14/438,841
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, the hydraulic control device includes: a throttle valve, a primary regulator valve and a failure circuit that includes a first solenoid valve that is switched when the throttle valve is subjected to a failure in which the throttle valve is unable to output the throttle pressure, and that leads a predetermined hydraulic pressure based on switching of the first solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve.

Claims (29)

1. A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, the hydraulic control device comprising:

a throttle valve that includes an input port to which a source pressure is input, an output port, and a discharge port, and that outputs a throttle pressure regulated in accordance with torque input to the automatic transmission from the output port;

a primary regulator valve that includes a control oil chamber that communicates with the output port of the throttle valve, a pressure regulation port that communicates with a line pressure oil passage that extends from an oil pump, and a feedback pressure port to which a feedback pressure from the line pressure oil passage is supplied, and that regulates a hydraulic pressure at the pressure regulation port to a line pressure with a hydraulic pressure in the control oil chamber and an urging force of a spring acting on one end of a spool and with the feedback pressure from the feedback pressure port acting on the other end of the spool; and

a failure circuit that includes a first solenoid valve that is switched when the throttle valve is subjected to a failure in which the throttle valve is unable to output the throttle pressure, and that leads a predetermined hydraulic pressure based on switching of the first solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve.

2. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein:

the failure circuit includes a switching valve that includes a communication port that communicates with the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve and an input port to which the predetermined hydraulic pressure is supplied, and that is switched by switching the first solenoid valve; and

when the throttle valve is subjected to a failure in which the throttle valve is unable to output the throttle pressure, the switching valve is switched by switching the first solenoid valve such that the input port and the communication port of the switching valve communicate with each other and the predetermined hydraulic pressure is supplied to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve via the input port and the communication port of the switching valve.

3. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein:

the failure circuit includes a switching valve that includes a first port that communicates with the discharge port of the throttle valve, a drain port, and an input port to which the predetermined hydraulic pressure is supplied, and that is switched by the first solenoid valve; and

when the throttle valve is subjected to a failure in which the throttle valve is unable to output the throttle pressure, the switching valve is switched by switching the first solenoid valve such that the input port and the first port of the switching valve communicate with each other and the predetermined hydraulic pressure is supplied to the discharge port of the throttle valve via the input port and the first port of the switching valve, and further supplied from the discharge port of the throttle valve to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve via the output port.

4. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined hydraulic pressure is an output pressure of the first solenoid valve.

5. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the throttle valve includes a line pressure regulation linear solenoid valve that uses a modulator pressure as a source pressure, and the predetermined hydraulic pressure is the modulator pressure which is the source pressure for the line pressure regulation linear solenoid valve.

6. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the failure circuit includes an oil passage that leads the predetermined hydraulic pressure to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve via a check valve.

7. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a second solenoid valve; and

a supply/discharge switching valve that switches between supply and discharge of a control pressure from a predetermined linear solenoid valve to and from a hydraulic servo for an engine brake friction engagement element that is engaged to apply engine brake at a first forward speed using an output pressure from the second solenoid valve, wherein

the predetermined hydraulic pressure is the output pressure from the second solenoid valve.

8. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 7 , wherein:

the supply/discharge switching valve is switched by the output pressure from the second solenoid valve to a blocked state in which supply of the control pressure to the hydraulic servo for the engine brake friction engagement element is blocked during forward travel at a higher shift speed with a gear ratio that is lower than that of the first forward speed; and

the supply/discharge switching valve is switched to a supply state in which the control pressure can be supplied to the hydraulic servo for the engine brake friction engagement element during travel at the first forward speed or a reverse speed.

9. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 7 , wherein:

the supply/discharge switching valve includes a distribution valve that selectively supplies the control pressure for the predetermined linear solenoid valve to one of a hydraulic servo for a first friction engagement element that is engaged to establish a predetermined forward speed and the hydraulic servo for the engine brake friction engagement element; and

the switching valve is integrally used also as the distribution valve.

10. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an electronic control unit that detects a failure of the throttle valve in which the input port and the output port are fully closed, wherein

the first solenoid valve is switched to output an output pressure when the electronic control unit detects a failure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: YAMADA, MITSURU; YAMADA, TOZO; HYODO, YOSHIMITSU; TSUCHIDA, KENICHI; ISHIKAWA, KAZUNORI
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-283710 · Dec 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150260278A1 · Sep 17, 2015