US 2003/0199355 A1Published application

Automatic transmission control device and control method

AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

InventorsMasato Kaigawa, Yoji Takanami, Masao Saitou

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Abstract

An automatic transmission control device controls multiple speed changes in which shifting from first speed to second speed occurs during shifting from second speed to first speed. The control device includes a shift lever position sensor, an ECT_ECU, and an AT linear solenoid. The ECT_ECU includes a circuit that detects multiple speed changes; a circuit that controls the AT linear solenoid such that an engagement pressure of an engaged first speed engine brake friction element sweeps down when multiple speed changes are detected; and a circuit that commands a shift to second speed once a predetermined time has passed since the detection of multiple speed changes assuming that the engagement pressure of the first speed engine brake friction element has sufficiently swept down.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An automatic transmission control device comprising:

an automatic transmission including a plurality of engine brake friction elements operating engine brakes during engagement, and provided with
a first gear stage connected to a first shift valve in which a first engine brake friction element among the plurality of engine brake friction elements is engaged and established, and
a second gear stage connected to the first shift valve in which a second engine brake friction element among the plurality of engine brake friction elements is engaged and established;
a linear solenoid valve connected to the first shift valve;
a detecting portion that detects a shift demand towards the first gear stage and the second gear stage;
and
a control portion engaging and releasing the first engine brake friction element and the second engine brake friction element through the linear solenoid valve, and including
a valve control portion that controls the solenoid valve such that a time reduction rate of an output oil pressure from the linear solenoid valve to the shift valve becomes equal to or less than a predetermined rate in response to the detection of a shift demand for a shift from the second gear stage to the first gear stage during shifting from the first gear stage to the second gear stage and
a command portion that commands the automatic transmission with a shift command from the second gear stage to the first gear stage in response to a passage of a predetermined time since the detection of a shift demand for a shift from the second gear stage to the first gear stage.

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A control method of an automatic transmission including a plurality of engine brake friction elements operating engine brakes during engagement provided with a first gear stage in which a second engine brake friction element among the plurality of engine brake friction elements is engaged and established;

and a second gear stage in which a first engine brake friction element among the plurality of engine brake friction elements is engaged and established;
in which the first engine brake and the second engine brake are connected to a shift valve and the shift valve is connected to a linear solenoid valve, the control method comprising
detecting a shift demand for a shift to the first gear stage or the second gear stage,
controlling the engagement and release of the first engine brake friction element and the second engine brake friction element by controlling the linear solenoid valve,
controlling the solenoid valve such that a time reduction rate of an output oil pressure from the linear solenoid valve to the shift valve becomes equal to or less than a predetermined rate in response to the detection of a shift demand for a shift from the second gear stage to the first gear stage during shifting from the first gear stage to the second gear stage, and
commanding the automatic transmission with a shift command from the second gear stage to the first gear stage in response to the passage of a predetermined time since the detection of a shift demand for a shift from the second gear stage to the first gear stage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.