IP Library Granted Patent US 10,145,467
Granted Patent B2
US 10,145,467 · App. 15/458,991 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Automatic transmission

Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada (Saitama, JP); Ryohei Yamagishi (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
F16H61/0204F16D41/125F16D41/16B60Y2200/92B60Y2300/18016B60Y2300/424F16H3/66F16H59/74F16H2048/202F16H2059/746F16H2061/044F16H2200/0069F16H2200/2012F16H2200/2046F16H2200/2066F16H2200/2082F16H2312/14
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Patent No.
US 10,145,467
App. No.
15/458,991
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an automatic transmission with which a large impact is hardly applied to the component of the switching mechanism or the switching control circuit when the drive source is re-driven. When a drive source ENG is determined to be in the stopped state, if the position of a slider HC 1 does not correspond to the position the control part ECU instructed before the drive source ENG is determined to be in the stopped state, the control part ECU of the automatic transmission TM transmits a signal for switching a two-way clutch TW to a state corresponding to the state of a slider HC 1.

Claims (21)

1. An automatic transmission, comprising:

an input member disposed inside a casing and rotated by a driving force transmitted from a drive source;

a planetary gear mechanism, wherein each of which has a plurality of elements rotatable inside the casing;

a plurality of engagement mechanisms switchable to a coupled state in which the elements are coupled to one another, or switchable to a fixed state in which the elements are fixed to the casing, comprising:

a switching mechanism switchable between the fixed state and a reverse rotation preventing state that allows a normal rotation and prevents a reverse rotation of corresponding elements among the plurality of elements;

an output member outputting a rotation;

a control part controlling the engagement mechanisms and recognizes a rotational frequency of the drive source; and

a switching control circuit switching the engagement mechanism according to a signal from the control part, comprising

a switching part switching the switching mechanism to the reverse rotation preventing state or the fixed state and

a switching part state detector transmitting a signal indicating a state of the switching part to the control part,

wherein

the automatic transmission is configured to output a rotation of the input member from the output member while changing speed in a plurality of gear positions with the planetary gear mechanism and the engagement mechanisms, and

in the case where the drive source is determined to be in a stopped state by the control part, if the state of the switching part does not correspond to a state that the control part instructed before the drive source is determined to be in the stopped state, the control part transmits a signal for switching the switching mechanism to a state corresponding to the state of the switching part to the switching control circuit.

2. The automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

in the case where the drive source is determined to be in the stopped state by the control part, if the state of the switching part cannot be recognized, the control part transmits a signal for switching the switching mechanism to the reverse rotation preventing state to the switching control circuit.

3. The automatic transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the switching control circuit further comprises a driving force detector detecting a driving force to change the state of the switching part, and

in the case where the drive source is determined to be in the stopped state by the control part, if the driving force is different from a driving force corresponding to the state of the switching part, the control part transmits a signal for switching the switching mechanism to the reverse rotation preventing state to the switching control circuit.

4. The automatic transmission according to claim 2 , wherein

the switching control circuit further comprises a driving force detector detecting a driving force to change the state of the switching part, and

in the case where the drive source is determined to be in the stopped state by the control part, if the driving force is different from a driving force corresponding to the state of the switching part, the control part transmits a signal for switching the switching mechanism to the reverse rotation preventing state to the switching control circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2017
From: TACHIBANADA, YUYA; YAMAGISHI, RYOHEI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 042071/0522 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-051478 · Mar 15, 2016 · national
JP 2017-045219 · Mar 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170268663A1 · Sep 21, 2017