US 4,787,272 AGranted

Hydraulic pressure control apparatus for use in automatic transmission

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYutaka Taga, Kunio Morisawa

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Abstract

In a hydraulic control system for a vehicle transmission including a first throttle valve for producing a first throttle pressure for boosting a line pressure valve and a second throttle valve for producing a second throttle pressure for shifting speed stages of the transmission, the spools of the first and the second throttle valve are boosted by the first and the second throttle pressure supplied thereto, respectively, so as to reduce the force required for the driver to bias the two spools in parallel by stepping down on the accelerator pedal; the first and the second throttle valve are further supplied with the first and the second throttle pressure, respectively, in the feedback manner so as to attenuate the increase of the first and the second throttle pressure produced thereby; and a cut-back valve is provided to allow the supply of the first throttle pressure to the first throttle valve for the line pressure boosting and for the feedback control only when the vehicle is running at above normal speed.

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Dependent claims

A hydraulic pressure control apparatus for use in an automatic transmission, comprising:

a first throttle valve for producing a first throttle pressure which increases in response to a first control force applied thereto in relation with intake throttle position, said first throttle pressure being for boosting a line pressure according to the intake throttle position;
a second throttle valve for producing a second throttle pressure which increases in response to a second control force applied thereto in relation with the intake throttle position, said second throttle pressure being for shifting transmission speed stages;
a first hydraulic system for supplying said first throttle pressure to said first throttle valve so as to lower said first throttle pressure to be produced thereby;
a second hydraulic system for supplying said first throttle pressure to said first throttle valve for producing a first auxiliary force in said first throttle valve, said first auxiliary force being added to said first control force so as to operate in the same direction therewith;
a third hydraulic system for supplying said second throttle pressure to said second throttle valve so as to lower said second throttle pressure to be produced thereby;
a fourth hydraulic system for supplying said second throttle pressure to said second throttle valve for producing a second auxiliary force in said second throttle valve, said second auxiliary force being added to said second control force so as to operate in the same direction therewith;
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a cut-back valve for controlling said supply of said first throttle pressure to said first throttle valve through said first and said second hydraulic system so as to allow said first throttle pressure to be supplied only when vehicle speed is above a predetermined low value.

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