# US 10,371,255 B2 · Transmission control device and transmission control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,255 B2 - Document ID: US10371255B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/558,907 - Filed: 2016-02-09 - Published: 2018-03-08 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-20 - Assignees: JATCO Ltd; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: JATCO Ltd; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Haruka Ozono; Masahiro Hamano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371255B2 ## CPC - F16H 61/12: Detecting malfunction or potential malfunction, e.g. fail safe (in control of hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4192) {; Circumventing or fixing failures} - B60W 10/107: with endless flexible members - B60W 10/11: Stepped gearings - F16H 59/40: Output shaft speed - F16H 61/662: with endless flexible members - F16H 61/702: {using electric or electrohydraulic control means} - F16H 63/502: {for smoothing gear shifts} - B60W 2710/1005: Transmission ratio engaged - B60W 2710/1083: pressure of control fluid - B60W 2710/1088: pressure of working fluid - F16H 2061/1232: {Bringing the control into a predefined state, e.g. giving priority to particular actuators or gear ratios} - F16H 2061/1244: {Keeping the current state} - F16H 2061/1284: {the failing part is a sensor} - F16H 2061/6614: {Control of ratio during dual or multiple pass shifting for enlarged ratio coverage} - F16H: GEARING - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract In a transmission control device, a controller determines failure of a rotation sensor. A hydraulic control circuit and the controller variably control a speed ratio of a variator, and in a case where the failure is determined, execute first control of restricting a shift range of the variator. The hydraulic control circuit and the controller variably control a gear position of a sub-transmission mechanism, and in a case where the failure is determined, execute second control of fixing the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism to first speed. The hydraulic control circuit and the controller execute the second control at a different timing from the first control in a case where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism upon a determination of the failure is second speed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission control device for controlling a transmission mounted in a vehicle, the transmission having: a variator; a sub-transmission mechanism arranged on an output side of the variator, the sub-transmission mechanism having a first speed gear position and a second speed gear position whose speed ratio is less than the first speed gear position; and a variator output side rotation sensor adapted to detect rotation speed on the output side of the variator and on an input side of the sub-transmission mechanism, the transmission control device comprising: a controller adapted to determine failure of the variator output side rotation sensor; a hydraulic control circuit adapted together with the controller to: variably control a speed ratio of the variator, and in a case where the failure is determined, execute first control of restricting a shift range of the variator; and variably control the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism, and in a case where the failure is determined, execute second control of fixing the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism to the first speed gear position, wherein the hydraulic control circuit and the controller execute the second control at a different timing from the first control in a case where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism upon a determination of the failure is the second speed gear position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmission control device according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic control circuit and the controller further variably control line pressure serving as source pressure of first hydraulic pressure and second hydraulic pressure, and in a case where the failure is determined, fix the line pressure to a predetermined value or more, the variator has a primary pulley whose groove width is controlled by the first hydraulic pressure, a secondary pulley whose groove width is controlled by the second hydraulic pressure, and a belt looped over the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, and the hydraulic control circuit and the controller variably control the speed ratio of the variator by a double pressure regulation method of making both the first hydraulic pressure and the second hydraulic pressure variable, and in a case where the failure is determined, variably control the speed ratio of the variator by a single pressure regulation method of fixing one of the first hydraulic pressure and the second hydraulic pressure to the line pressure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transmission control device according to claim 2, wherein the hydraulic control circuit and the controller variably control the speed ratio of the variator within a range from a lowest speed ratio to a highest speed ratio by the double pressure regulation method of making both the first hydraulic pressure and the second hydraulic pressure variable, and in a case where the failure is determined, variably control the speed ratio of the variator within a range from the lowest speed ratio to an intermediate speed ratio by the single pressure regulation method of fixing the second hydraulic pressure to the line pressure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The transmission control device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined value or more is a maximum set pressure of the line pressure. ### Claim 5 A transmission control method for controlling a transmission mounted in a vehicle, the transmission having: a variator; a sub-transmission mechanism arranged on an output side of the variator, the sub-transmission mechanism having a first speed gear position and a second speed gear position whose speed ratio is less than the first speed gear position; and a variator output side rotation sensor adapted to detect rotation speed on the output side of the variator and on an input side of the sub-transmission mechanism, the transmission control method comprising: determining failure of the variator output side rotation sensor; variably controlling a speed ratio of the variator, and in a case where the failure is determined, executing first control of restricting a shift range of the variator; variably controlling the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism, and in a case where the failure is determined, executing second control of fixing the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism to the first speed gear position; and executing the second control at a different timing from the first control in a case where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism upon a determination of the failure is the second speed gear position. ### Claim 6 A transmission control device for controlling a transmission mounted in a vehicle, the transmission having: a variator; a sub-transmission mechanism arranged on an output side of the variator, the sub-transmission mechanism having a first speed gear position and a second speed gear position whose speed ratio is less than the first speed gear position; and a variator output side rotation sensor adapted to detect rotation speed on the output side of the variator and on an input side of the sub-transmission mechanism, the transmission control device comprising: failure determination means for determining failure of the variator output side rotation sensor; speed ratio control means for variably controlling a speed ratio of the variator, and in a case where the failure is determined, for executing first control of restricting a shift range of the variator; and gear position control means for variably controlling the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism, and in a case where the failure is determined, for executing second control of fixing the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism to the first speed gear position, wherein the gear position control means execute the second control at a different timing from the first control in a case where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism upon a determination of the failure is the second speed gear position.