# US 8,788,165 B2 · Abnormal state diagnosis method for oil temperature sensor of automatic transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,165 B2 - Document ID: US8788165B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/669,677 - Filed: 2012-11-06 - Published: 2013-05-09 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-07 - Assignees: JATCO Ltd - Applicants: JATCO Ltd - Inventors: Yasuhiko Yuyama; Hajime Tasaka; Masahiro Hamano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788165B2 ## CPC - F16H 61/12: Detecting malfunction or potential malfunction, e.g. fail safe (in control of hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4192) {; Circumventing or fixing failures} - F16H 59/72: dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity - B60Y 2400/302: Temperature sensors - F16H 59/78: Temperature - F16H 2061/1212: {Plausibility checks; Counting means for repeated failures} - F16H 2061/1284: {the failing part is a sensor} - G01K 2205/00: Application of thermometers in motors, e.g. of a vehicle - F16H: GEARING - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) ## Abstract An abnormal state diagnosis method for an automatic transmission oil temperature sensor includes: a warm-up judging step of judging whether a sensor value from an engine side temperature sensor in an engine warm-up state indicates the engine warm-up state; a sensor normal operation judgment step of starting to judge whether the engine side temperature sensor including the warm-up judgment result normally performs a temperature detection operation; a provisional judgment step of judging whether an upper or lower deviation width between the sensor value of the engine side temperature sensor and an oil temperature sensor value from an automatic transmission oil temperature sensor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and a final judgment step of determining the judgment result by the provisional judgment step when the automatic transmission control unit receives a permission signal from the engine control module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An abnormal state diagnosis method for an oil temperature sensor of an automatic transmission, the abnormal state diagnosis method comprising: performing, in an engine control module configured to control an engine, a warm-up judgment comprising judging whether or not a sensor value from an engine side temperature sensor during an engine warm-up state indicates the engine warm-up state; performing, in the engine control module, a sensor normal operation judgment comprising: reading a result of the warm-up judgment in the engine control module when the engine is restarted after waiting for an engine cold state from a stopping of the engine after the engine warm-up state, and starting to judge whether or not the engine side temperature sensor, accounting for the result of the warm-up judgment, performs an engine side temperature detection operation in a normal state; performing, in an automatic transmission control unit configured to control the automatic transmission, a provisional judgment comprising: receiving the sensor value from the engine side temperature sensor in the automatic transmission control unit configured to control the automatic transmission, which is connected with the engine when the engine is restarted after waiting for the engine cold state from the stopping of the engine after the engine warm-up state, and judging whether or not an upper deviation width or a lower deviation width between the sensor value of the engine side temperature sensor and an oil temperature sensor value from the oil temperature sensor of the automatic transmission is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and performing, a final judgment comprising determining a result of the provisional judgment in the automatic transmission control unit when the automatic transmission control unit receives a permission signal outputted from the engine control module based on a judgment that the engine side temperature sensor is operated in the normal state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The abnormal state diagnosis method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor normal operation judgment comprises outputting the permission signal from the engine control module to the automatic transmission control unit when the result of the warm-up judgment is in the normal state, a result of a soak judgment of the engine side temperature sensor is in the normal state, and a result of a reconfirm judgment of the engine side temperature sensor is in the normal state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The abnormal state diagnosis method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the engine temperature sensor includes a water temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of an engine coolant water; and wherein the provisional judgment comprises: receiving a water temperature sensor value from the water temperature sensor, providing an OK judgment when an upper deviation width or a lower deviation width of the oil temperature sensor value from the oil temperature sensor of the automatic transmission with respect to the water temperature sensor value is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and providing an NG judgment when the upper deviation width or the lower deviation width of the oil temperature sensor value with respect to the water temperature sensor value is greater than the predetermined threshold value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The abnormal state diagnosis method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the oil temperature sensor of the automatic transmission is a component which relates to an exhaust gas, and is configured to control the automatic transmission based on an oil temperature value, the oil temperature value corresponding to oil temperature information when the automatic transmission control unit controls the automatic transmission; and wherein the abnormal state diagnosis method further comprises providing an exhaust gas warning by lighting an exhaust air warning light disposed inside a vehicle when the NG judgment is determined by the final judgment.