Control device for continuously variable transmission for use in vehicles

• US 10,247,304 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• 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): Lewis, Tisha D
• Application Number:
  US15/121,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20160363219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/66277 by optimising the clamping force exerted on the endless flexible member
• 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 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 when a line-pressure-up control condition is satisfied at the rough road judgment, the line pressure control section being configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure when the line-pressure-up control condition is not satisfied.

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, an oil pump arranged to be driven by the power plant, and to supply a hydraulic fluid to the pulleys, and a circular belt member wound around the pulleys, the control device comprising:

a transmission control unit configured to

control a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the pulleys in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle, and thereby to control a transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission;

control a line pressure which is a base pressure of the hydraulic pressure; and

judge whether a state of a road surface on which the vehicle travels is a smooth road or a rough road,

when the road is judged to be rough, perform a rough road corresponding control to increase the hydraulic pressure to a value larger than the hydraulic pressure when the road is judged to be smooth, and

when a line-pressure-up control condition is satisfied at the rough road judgment, increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure when the line-pressure-up control condition is not satisfied.

2. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line-pressure-up control condition includes a condition in which an input torque from the power plant to the primary pulley is equal to or greater than a predetermined torque.

3. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line-pressure-up control condition includes a condition in which a rotation speed of the primary pulley is equal to or smaller than a predetermined rotation speed.

4. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line-pressure-up control condition includes a condition in which an accelerator opening degree of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined opening degree.

5. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line-pressure-up control condition includes a condition in which a vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined vehicle speed.

6. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line-pressure-up control condition includes a condition in which an oil temperature of the hydraulic fluid is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature.

7. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission control unit is configured to perform a rotation speed control so that the rotation speed of the primary pulley becomes equal to or greater than a set lower limit rotation speed when a rotation speed control condition is satisfied at the rough road judgment.

8. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission control unit is configured to control the transmission gear ratio when the rotation speed of the primary pulley is lower than the lower limit rotation speed when the rotation speed control condition is satisfied, and thereby to increase the rotation speed of the primary pulley, and 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.

9. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 7, 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.

10. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lower limit rotation speed is set to a higher speed side as a temperature of the hydraulic fluid is higher.

11. The control device for the continuously variable transmission of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission control unit 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 an output torque from the power plant;

perform, at the rough judgment, the rough road corresponding control to increase a clamping force by the secondary pulley to be greater than the corresponding hydraulic pressure; and

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 a target transmission gear ratio.