System for controlling a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle

• US 5,083,982 A
• Filed: 04/01/1991
• Issued: 01/28/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Sato, Keiji
• Primary Examiner(s): BUIZ, MIKADO RYAN
• Application Number:
  US07/678,791
• Time in Patent Office: 302 Days
• Field of Search: 474/18, 474/28, 474/69, 474/70, 74/865-869, 364/424.01
• US Class Current: 474/28
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0255 Solenoid valve using PWM or duty-cycle control
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/72 dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0251 Elements specially adapted for electric control units, e.g. valves for converting electrical signals to fluid signals
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/662 with endless flexible members
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/66259 using electrical or electronical sensing or control means
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 47/22 for supplying energising current for relay coil

Abstract

A control unit of a CVT is provided to produce a basic exciting current for the dither exciting current fed to a solenoid of the solenoid operated control valve. A dither is added to the basic exciting current for producing the dither exciting current. A positive deviation and a negative deviation of the dither exciting current from the basic exciting current in one cycle of the dither is integrated for producing integrals. A correction value which renders the sum of said integrals zero is produced. The correction value is added to the dither so that a corrected dither exciting current is produced.

Claims

1. In a system for controlling a solenoid operated control valve in a continuously variable transmission to transmit power of an internal combustion engine to driving wheels of a motor vehicle, said transmission having a drive pulley including a hydraulically shiftable disc and a first hydraulic cylinder for shifting said disc, a driven pulley including a hydraulically shiftable disc and a second hydraulic cylinder for operating said disc of said driven pulley, a belt engaged with both pulleys, said control system having a solenoid for operating said solenoid operated control valve, and a control unit for controlling dither exciting current fed to said solenoid and for producing a basic exciting current signal, an improvement of the system which comprises:

dither means responsive to said basic exciting current signal for providing a dither and for generating a dither signal;

calculating means responsive to said dither signal for adding said dither to said basic exciting current and for producing said dither exciting current signal;

integration means responsive to said dither exciting current signal for integrating deviation of said dither exciting current from said basic exciting current and for producing a integral signal;

correction means responsive to said integral signal for producing a correction value dependent on said integrals and for generating a correction signal;

said dither means responsive to said correction signal for correcting said dither and for producing a corrected dither signal; and

said calculating means responsive to said corrected dither signal for producing a corrected dither exciting current for exciting said solenoid so as to accurately control valve without fluctuation.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

said integration means integrates positive and negative deviations of the dither exciting current in one cycle of the dither.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

said correction means produces the correction value which renders the sum of said integrals zero.