US 6,390,946 B1Granted

Toroidal type automatic transmission for motor vehicles

AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsToshifumi Hibi, Haruhito Mori, Masaki Nakano

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Abstract

Even in the case where a driver switches a select lever from D range to N range and returns it back to D range during the running of a vehicle, a speed change control device prevents the operation of sudden speed change caused by a difference between a transmission input rotational speed and the actual input rotating speed of a toroidal transmission unit while in the N range. Accordingly, an automatic transmission comprises a forward-reverse switching mechanism, an impelling mechanism and a toroidal transmission unit which are sequentially arranged from the driving source side of a vehicle, and further comprises a speed change control device for controlling the operation of the above. A notch as a rotational speed signaling section is provided on the outer periphery of a loading cam, for example, among rotating members in the area from an output member of the above forward-reverse switching mechanism to an input disc of the above toroidal transmission unit, and the notch is detected by a rotation sensor arranged in the vicinity of the outer periphery to detect the rotational speed of the loading cam and input the same to the speed change control device.

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Dependent claims

An automatic transmission for a vehicle, comprising:

a toroidal type continuously variable transmission having a forward-reverse switching mechanism, an impelling mechanism and a toroidal transmission unit which are sequentially provided from the driving source side of the vehicle;
and
a speed change control device for controlling the operation of said transmission,
wherein said impelling mechanism comprises a loading cam and a cam roller holder,
wherein a rotational speed signaling section is provided on one of rotating members, which are connected to each other, in the area from an output member of said forward-reverse switching mechanism to said cam roller holder of said impelling mechanism, said one of rotating members rotating regardless of the presence or absence of the rotation transmission in said forward-reverse switching mechanism, and
wherein an input rotational speed detecting part, installed on a side of a case of the transmission, is positioned in the vicinity of an outer periphery of said rotational speed signaling section, said input rotational speed detecting part detects a rotational speed of said one of rotating members provided with said rotational speed signaling section and inputs the detected rotational speed to said speed change control device.

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