Shift control system of continuously variable transmission
First Claim
1. A shift control system of a toroidal continuously variable transmission (toroidal CVT) for a vehicle, comprising:
- a controller configured, to calculate a command gear ratio by adding a desired gear ratio and a torque shift compensation quantity for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of the toroidal CVT, and to set a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in an automatic shift range to be larger than a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in other shift range except for the automatic shift range when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio.
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Abstract
A shift control system of a toroidal CVT for a vehicle is arranged to calculate a command gear ratio by adding a desired gear ratio and a torque shift compensation quantity for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of the toroidal CVT, and to set a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in an automatic shift range to be larger than a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in other shift range except for the automatic shift range when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio.
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1. A shift control system of a toroidal continuously variable transmission (toroidal CVT) for a vehicle, comprising:
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a controller configured, to calculate a command gear ratio by adding a desired gear ratio and a torque shift compensation quantity for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of the toroidal CVT, and to set a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in an automatic shift range to be larger than a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in other shift range except for the automatic shift range when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A shift control system of a toroidal continuously variable transmission (toroidal CVT) for a vehicle, comprising:
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a controller configured, to calculate a command gear ratio by adding a desired gear ratio, a torque shift compensation quantity and a feedback compensation quantity, the torque shift compensation quantity being employed for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of the toroidal CVT, the feedback compensation quantity being obtained by integral control executed according to a deviation between the actual gear ratio and the desired gear ratio, to set the torque shift compensation quantity employed in an automatic shift range to be different from the torque shift compensation quantity employed in other shift range except for the automatic shift range when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio, and to increase the feedback compensation quantity by a change of the torque shift compensation quantity caused by a switching between the automatic shift range and the other shift range when the switch is executed.
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10. A shift control system of a toroidal continuously variable transmission (toroidal CVT) for a vehicle, comprising:
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a transmission rotation speed detector that detects an input rotation speed and the output rotation speed of the toroidal CVT;
an accelerator opening detector that detects a depression degree of an accelerator pedal;
a vehicle speed detector that detects a vehicle speed;
a shift range detector that detects a selected shift range of the toroidal CVT;
a shift control device that operates the toroidal CVT according to a command gear ratio;
a controller connected to the transmission rotation speed detector, the accelerator opening detector, a vehicle speed detector, the shift range detector and the shift control device, the controller being configured, to calculate an actual gear ratio of the toroidal CVT from the input and output rotation speeds of the toroidal CVT, to calculate a desired gear ratio based on a shift map from the depression degree of the accelerator pedal and the vehicle speed;
to calculate the command gear ratio by adding the desired gear ratio and a torque shift compensation quantity for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and the actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of the toroidal CVT, to set such that a magnitude of a first torque shift compensation quantity is greater than a magnitude of a second torque shift compensation quantity when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio, the first torque shift compensation quantity being employed as the torque shift compensation quantity when the selected shift range is an automatic shift range, the second torque shift compensation quantity being employed as the torque shift compensation quantity when the selected shift range is other shift range except for the automatic shift range.
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11. A method of setting a torque shift compensation quantity employed for compensating a difference between a desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which difference is generated by a shifting operation of a toroidal continuously variable transmission (toroidal CVT) for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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calculating a command gear ratio by adding the desired gear ratio and the torque shift compensation quantity; and
setting a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in an automatic shift range to be larger than a magnitude of the torque shift compensation quantity employed in other shift range except for the automatic shift range when the actual gear ratio is in a first gear ratio region except for a second gear ratio region including a largest gear ratio.
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