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Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,629 · App. 17/099,787 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Control device for continuously variable transmission

Inventor: Takuro Imasato (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
F16H61/0276F16H59/44F16H59/70F16H61/0009F16H61/0021F16H2059/704
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Patent No.
US 11,499,629
App. No.
17/099,787
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a control device for a continuously variable transmission, which is capable of effectively preventing occurrence of surge pressure due to a stroke of a driven pulley being stopped by abutment. The control device for the continuously variable transmission includes a pressure regulating valve regulating an oil pressure of oil supplied from an oil supply source to a cylinder chamber of the driven pulley, a control valve controlling the pressure regulating valve, and a control part controlling the control valve. If the control part determines that a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission is maximum, as a first condition, when an instructed oil pressure of the control valve for the pressure regulating valve is larger than an oil pressure of oil supplied from the pressure regulating valve to the driven pulley, a control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed.

Claims (27)

1. An oil pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission, comprising:

a belt-type continuously variable transmission comprising movable drive pulley and driven pulley mounted on a vehicle, and an endless belt wound around the two pulleys; and

an oil pressure control device controlling the continuously variable transmission,

wherein the oil pressure control device comprises:

a pressure regulating valve that regulates an oil pressure of oil supplied from an oil supply source to a cylinder chamber of the driven pulley;

a control valve that controls the pressure regulating valve;

a control part that controls the control valve; and

an oil pressure detection part that detects an oil pressure of oil supplied from the pressure regulating valve to the cylinder chamber,

wherein if the control part determines that a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission is maximum,

as a first condition, when an instructed oil pressure of the control valve for the pressure regulating valve is larger than the oil pressure of oil supplied from the pressure regulating valve to the driven pulley, a control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed.

2. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 , wherein in addition to the first condition, as a second condition, when a discharge amount of oil discharged from the oil supply source is smaller than a predetermined amount, the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed.

3. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 2 , wherein in addition to the first condition and the second condition, as a third condition, when a shift speed of the continuously variable transmission is higher than a predetermined speed, the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed.

4. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 3 , wherein the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is started when the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission reaches a predetermined value, and

the predetermined value of the gear ratio is a gear ratio obtained from a relationship between the shift speed and the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission determined in advance according to the shift speed of the continuously variable transmission.

5. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 3 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

6. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 2 , wherein the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is started when the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission reaches a predetermined value, and

the predetermined value of the gear ratio is a gear ratio obtained from a relationship between a shift speed and the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission determined in advance according to the shift speed of the continuously variable transmission.

7. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 2 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

8. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is started when the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission reaches a predetermined value, and

the predetermined value of the gear ratio is a gear ratio obtained from a relationship between a shift speed and the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission determined in advance according to the shift speed of the continuously variable transmission.

9. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 8 , wherein a gear ratio for starting the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure when the shift speed of the continuously variable transmission is high is smaller than a gear ratio when the shift speed is low.

10. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 9 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

11. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 8 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

12. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure regulating valve comprises a first port to which oil from the control valve that controls the pressure regulating valve is supplied, a second port which communicates with a discharge oil passage that discharges oil, a third port which supplies oil to the driven pulley, and a fourth port which supplies oil from the oil supply source, and

when the instructed oil pressure of the control valve for the pressure regulating valve is larger than the oil pressure of oil supplied from the pressure regulating valve to the driven pulley, the second port is blocked.

13. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 12 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

14. The oil pressure control device for the continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 , wherein if the vehicle stops after the control for lowering the instructed oil pressure is performed, a control for returning the lowered instructed oil pressure to an original instructed oil pressure is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2021
From: IMASATO, TAKURO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055156/0846 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-208328 · Nov 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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