Speed change controller for continuously variable transmission

• US 6,192,306 B1
• Filed: 09/15/1997
• Issued: 02/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Muramoto, Itsuro, Kidokoro, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONNELLY, ARTHUR D
• Application Number:
  US08/929,886
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• Field of Search: 701/51, 701/56, 701/61, 475/186, 475/192, 180/337, 180/338, 180/339
• US Class Current: 701/51
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/001 Proportional integral [PI] controller
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/72 dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/6648 controlling of shifting being influenced by a signal derived from the engine and the main coupling

Abstract

In a continuously variable transmission for use with a vehicle comprising an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio, a target speed change ratio is set according to the vehicle running conditions and a real speed change ratio of the transmission is detected. A proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and real speed change ratio, and an integral value of the difference therebetween, are calculated. When the integral value is not within a preset range, the integral value is corrected to a value within the range, and the actuator is driven based on the sum total of the proportional value and the corrected integral value. In this way, a command exceeding the response capability of the actuator is prevented from being output to the actuator, and overshoot of the speed change ratio is prevented.

Claims

1. A speed change controller for use with a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, said transmission having an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio of said transmission, comprising:

a sensor for detecting a real speed change ratio of the transmission, and a control circuit configured to;

set a target speed change ratio of the transmission according to a running state of the vehicle,

calculate a proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate an integral value which is the integral of the difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

correct the integral value to a predetermined positive value when the integral value is larger than the predetermined positive value, and

drive the actuator based on the sum total of the proportional value and the integral value.

2. A speed change controller as defined in claim 1, wherein the control circuit is further configured to correct the integral value to a predetermined negative value when the integral value is smaller than the predetermined negative value.

3. A speed change controller as defined in claim 2, further comprising a device for detecting a running state of the transmission, wherein the control circuit is further configured to set the predetermined positive value and the predetermined negative value according to the running state of the transmission.

4. A speed change controller as defined in claim 2, wherein the control circuit is further configured to set the absolute value of the predetermined negative value equal to the predetermined positive value.

5. A speed change controller as defined in claim 2, wherein the control circuit is further configured to increase the predetermined positive value by a first minute amount when the integral value is larger than the predetermined positive value, and to increase the absolute value of the predetermined negative value by the first minute amount when the integral value is smaller than the predetermined negative value.

6. A speed change controller as defined in claim 5, wherein the control circuit is further configured to decrease the predetermined positive value by a second minute amount less than the first minute amount when the integral value is not larger than the predetermined positive value, and to decrease the absolute value of the predetermined negative value by the second minute amount when integral value is not smaller than the predetermined negative value.

7. A speed change controller for use with a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, said transmission having an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio of said transmission, comprising:

a sensor for detecting a real speed change ratio of the transmission,

a device for detecting a running state of the transmission, and

a control circuit configured to;

set a target speed change ratio of the transmission according to a running state of the vehicle,

calculate a proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate an integral value which is the integral of the difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

correct the integral value to a value within a preset range when the integral value does not lie within the preset range, the preset range being set to the running state of the transmission, and

drive the actuator based on the sum total of the proportional value and the integral value,

wherein the detecting device comprises a sensor for detecting a temperature of lubricating oil of the transmission and sensor for detecting a pressure thereof.

8. A speed change controller for use with a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, said transmission having an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio of said transmission, comprising:

a sensor for detecting a real speed change ratio of the transmission, and

control circuit configured to;

set a target speed change ratio of the transmission according to a running state of the vehicle,

calculate a proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate an integral value which is the integral of the difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate a command value to be output to the actuator based on the proportional value and the integral value,

calculate a variation rate of the command value,

stop calculating the integral value when the variation rate exceeds a predetermined variation rate, and

drive the actuator by outputting the command value thereto.

9. A speed change controller as defined in claim 8, wherein the predetermined variation rate is set based on an operating speed limit of the actuator.

10. A speed change controller as defined in claim 8, further comprising a device for detecting a running state of the transmission, wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine the predetermined variation rate according to the running state of the transmission.

11. A speed change controller for use with a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, said transmission having an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio of said transmission, comprising:

a sensor for detecting a real speed change ratio of the transmission,

a device for detecting a running state of the transmission, and

a control circuit configured to;

set a target speed change ratio of the transmission according to a running state of the vehicle,

calculate a proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate an integral value which is the integral of the difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

calculate a command value to be output to the actuator based on the proportional value and the integral value,

calculate a variation rate of the command value,

stop calculating the integral value when the variation rate exceeds a predetermined variation rate, the predetermined variation rate being determined according to the running state of the transmission, and

drive the actuator by outputting the command value thereto,

wherein the detecting device comprises a sensor for detecting a temperature of lubricating oil of the transmission and a sensor for detecting a pressure thereof.

12. A speed change controller for use with a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle, said transmission having an actuator for continuously varying a speed change ratio of said transmission, comprising:

means for detecting a real speed change ratio of the transmission,

means for setting a target speed change ratio of the transmission according to a running state of the vehicle,

means for calculating a proportional value which is directly proportional to a difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

means for calculating an integral value which is the integral of the difference between the target speed change ratio and the real speed change ratio,

means for correcting the integral value to a predetermined positive value when the integral value is larger than the predetermined positive value, and

means for driving the actuator based on the sum total of the proportional value and the integral value.