Vehicle stepless transmission control device

• US 10,119,611 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jatco Limited (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jatco Limited (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sasaki, Kiyofumi, Itou, Youji, Abe, Kosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Edwin A
• Application Number:
  US15/121,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20160363218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/66277 by optimising the clamping force exerted on the endless flexible member
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/66281 by increasing the line pressure at the occurrence of input torque peak
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/66 Road conditions, e.g. slope, slippery
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/72 dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0021 Generation or control of line pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/66259 using electrical or electronical sensing or control means
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/66272 characterised by means for controlling the torque transmitting capability of the gearing
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 9/18 only one flange of each pulley being adjustable

Abstract

A control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle includes: a shift control section being configured to perform a rough road corresponding control to increase the hydraulic pressure supplied to the secondary pulley to a value larger than the hydraulic pressure at a smooth road judgment at which the smooth road is judged, at a rough road judgment at which the rough road is judged, and thereby to increase the clamping force of the secondary pulley with respect to the circular belt member; and a rotation speed control section being configured to control the transmission gear ratio at the rough road judgment so that a rotation speed of the primary pulley becomes equal to or greater than a lower limit rotation speed which is previously set.

Claims

1. A control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, the continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley connected to an output shaft side of a power plant, a secondary pulley connected to a driving wheel side, a circular belt member wound around the pulleys, and an oil pump arranged to be driven by the power plant, and to supply a hydraulic fluid for clamping the belt member to the pulleys, the control device comprising:

a shift control section configured to control a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the pulleys in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle, to control clamping forces of the pulleys with respect to the circular belt member, and thereby to control a transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission;

a road surface judging section configured to judge whether a state of a road surface on which the vehicle travels is a smooth road or a rough road; and

a rotation speed control section configured to control a rotation speed of the primary pulley,

when the road surface judging section judges the rough road, the shift control section being configured to perform a rough road corresponding control to increase the hydraulic pressure supplied to the secondary pulley to a value larger than the hydraulic pressure when the road surface judging section judges the smooth road, and thereby to increase the clamping force of the secondary pulley with respect to the circular belt member, and

the rotation speed control section being configured to control the transmission gear ratio at the rough road judgment so that a rotation speed of the primary pulley becomes equal to or greater than a lower limit rotation speed which is previously set.

2. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation speed control section is configured to control the transmission gear ratio when the rotation speed of the primary pulley is lower than the lower limit rotation speed, and thereby to increase the rotation speed of the primary pulley, and the rotation speed control section is configured to control the transmission gear ratio when the rotation speed of the primary pulley reaches the lower limit rotation speed, and thereby to hold the rotation speed of the primary pulley so that the rotation speed of the primary pulley is equal to or greater than the lower limit rotation speed.

3. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower limit rotation speed is set based on the rotation speed by which the oil pump is capable of supplying the hydraulic pressure necessary for controlling the transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission for the vehicle to a target transmission gear ratio set in accordance with the traveling state.

4. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower limit rotation speed is set to a higher speed side as the temperature of the hydraulic fluid is higher.

5. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shift control section is configured to perform, at the smooth road judgment, a smooth road corresponding control to control the hydraulic fluid supplied to the secondary pulley, to a corresponding hydraulic pressure according to the input torque from the power plant;

the shift control section is configured to perform, at the rough road judgment, the rough road corresponding control to increase the clamping force by the secondary pulley to be greater than the corresponding clamping force; and

the shift control section is configured to control the hydraulic pressure of the primary pulley to a balance pressure according to the hydraulic pressure of the secondary pulley at both of the smooth road corresponding control and the rough road corresponding control so that the transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle becomes the target transmission gear ratio.