US 4,836,057 AGranted

Method of controlling speed change clutches in a transmission

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho

InventorsYoshio Asayama, Makio Tsubota, Yukitaka Takitani, Yasunori Okura

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Abstract

A plurality of clutch hydraulic pressure gradual increase patterns for maintaining jerk value at a level of a target value are previously determined in dependence on vehicle weight and speed stages; a clutch hydraulic pressure gradual increase pattern corresponding to the vehicle weight and speed stage selected at the time of speed change is selected from the aforesaid plurality of clutch hydraulic pressure gradual increases patterns. Then, hydraulic pressure in a speed change clutch to be engaged is caused to increase gradually in accordance with the thus selected clutch hydraulic pressure gradual increase pattern. At the time point when a speed change command is issued, a speed change clutch to be subsequently brought in the engaged state is fed with hydraulic oil and gradually increasing hydraulic pressure is exerted on the speed change clutch after the time point when termination of filling time is confirmed with respect to this speed change clutch. Further, at this time point hydraulic pressure in the speed change clutch which is now brought in the engaged state decreased.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling a plurality of speed change clutches which are to be incorporated in a transmission of a vehicle, said method being adapted to be applied to said transmission, characterized in that said speed change clutches are controlled by the following steps:

(a) establishing a target value of jerk value;
(b) predetermining, for each speed change stage, a relation among a clutch hydraulic pressure to be applied to one of said plurality of speed change clutches to be brought into the engaged state when an intended speed stage is selected, a clutch disc relative revolution number of said one of the speed change clutches and an amount of throttling for causing said jerk value to be said target value;
(c) sensing vehicle weight and determining an increase gradient of a clutch hydraulic pressure to be applied to said one of the speed change clutches in accordance with said vehicle weight and a speed stage to be selected such that jerk value becomes said target value;
(d) causing said clutch hydraulic pressure applied to said one of the speed change clutches to be brought into the engaged state to gradually increase in accordance with said increase gradient;
(e) sensing said clutch hydraulic pressure, said disc relative revolution number and said amount of throttling, and maintaining said clutch hydraulic pressure at a value as measured at a first time point when said clutch hydraulic pressure, said disc relative revolution number and said amount of throttling establish said predetermined value;
and
(f) causing said clutch hydraulic pressure to increase to a level of specified pressure at a second time point when said disc relative revolution number is decreased to a level of zero.

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(a) at a time point when a speed change command is issued, feeding one of said plurality of speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state with hydraulic oil;
(b) at the time point when said speed change command is issued, calculating both output torque from said transmission just before speed change and output torque from said transmission immediately after speed change, respectively;
(c) calculating a clutch hydraulic pressure to equalize said output torques;
(d) sensing the termination of filling time with respect to said one of speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state;
and
(e) causing said hydraulic pressure to decrease in the speed change clutch which is presently brought in the engaged state while exerting said calculating clutch hydraulic pressure on said one of speed change clutch to be subsequently brought into engaged state and thereafter causing said clutch hydraulic pressure to increase gradually on said speed change clutch.

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(a) at a time point when a speed change command is issued, applying hydraulic oil to one of said plurality of speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state;
(b) at the time point when said speed change command is issued, calculating both output torque from said transmission just before speed change and output torque from said transmission immediately after speed change, respectively;
(c) calculating both a first clutch hydraulic pressure with respect to a speed change clutch which is presently brought in the engaged state and a second clutch hydraulic pressure with respect to one of said speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state, respectively;
(d) changing said hydraulic pressure in said speed change clutch which is presently brought in the engaged stage to an intensity of said first clutch hydraulic pressure;
(e) sensing the termination of filling time with respect to one of said speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state;
and
(f) causing said first hydraulic pressure to decrease on said speed change clutch which is presently brought in the engaged state while exerting said second clutch hydraulic pressure on one of said speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state and thereafter causing said second clutch hydraulic pressure to increase gradually on one of said speed change clutches to be subsequently brought into the engaged state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.