# US 10,480,650 B2 · Control method for continuously variable transmission

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- Number: US 10,480,650 B2
- Document ID: US10480650B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/945,516
- Filed: 2018-04-04
- Published: 2019-05-23
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-21
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Inventors: Jin Young Hwang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480650B2

## CPC

- F16H 61/662: with endless flexible members
- F16H 61/0021: {Generation or control of line pressure}
- F16H 59/72: dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

A control method for a continuously variable transmission is disclosed to improve shifting stability. The control method may include: determining by a controller whether a shift by controlling the pulley is required, determining whether the control of the pulley for the shift generates a pressure fluctuation which is greater than or equal to a predetermined level, calculating a required hydraulic pressure varying amount for varying a hydraulic pressure to a target hydraulic pressure, adding additional hydraulic pressure to the required hydraulic pressure varying amount so as to increase the hydraulic pressure, and decreasing the increased hydraulic pressure to the target hydraulic pressure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control method for a continuously variable transmission (CVT), which controls a pulley by using hydraulic pressure so as to perform shifting, the control method comprising:
determining, by a controller, whether a shift by controlling the pulley is required;
determining, by the controller, whether the control of the pulley for the shift generates a pressure fluctuation which is greater than or equal to a predetermined level;
calculating, by the controller, a required hydraulic pressure varying amount for varying a hydraulic pressure to a target hydraulic pressure;
adding, by the controller, an additional hydraulic pressure to the required hydraulic pressure varying amount so as to increase the hydraulic pressure; and
decreasing, by the controller, the increased hydraulic pressure to the target hydraulic pressure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the shift is required is repeatedly performed when the shift is not required.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, wherein normal control for supplying the target hydraulic pressure to the pulley is performed when the pressure fluctuation is less than the predetermined level.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, further comprising a step of checking a current oil temperature.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The control method for a CVT of claim 4, wherein the required hydraulic pressure varying amount is calculated and the current oil temperature is checked when the pressure fluctuation is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, and the additional hydraulic pressure is calculated based on the required hydraulic pressure varying amount and the current oil temperature.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, further comprising a step of maintaining the hydraulic pressure formed by adding the additional hydraulic pressure to the target hydraulic pressure,
wherein the hydraulic pressure formed by adding the additional hydraulic pressure to the target hydraulic pressure is maintained in a pressure fluctuation region in which the pressure fluctuation exists.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The control method of claim 6, wherein the pressure fluctuation region is obtained from a map storing pressure fluctuation regions calculated depending on an oil temperature.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, wherein the additional hydraulic pressure has a value obtained from a map storing additional hydraulic pressures that are predetermined based on the required hydraulic pressure varying amount and an oil temperature.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, wherein the step of decreasing the increased hydraulic pressure to the target hydraulic pressure is gradually proceeded with a predetermined slope on a hydraulic pressure-time graph.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The control method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined slope has a value obtained from a map storing slopes calculated based on an oil temperature.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The control method of claim 1, wherein the control method for the CVT starts together with start of a vehicle driving and ends together with end of the vehicle driving.