Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission

• US 8,123,642 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Issued: 02/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Tetsuya, Tsuchida, Kenichi, Ishikawa, Kazunori, Fukaya, Naoyuki, Ishikawa, Tomomi, Kutsubo, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): YOUNG, EDWIN
• Application Number:
  US12/629,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 475/116, 475/120
• US Class Current: 475/116
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 3/663 with conveying rotary motion between axially spaced orbital gears, e.g. RAVIGNEAUX
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0021 Generation or control of line pressure

Abstract

A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, including: a hydraulic pressure source; a plurality of friction engagement elements; a line pressure regulating valve that regulates hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pressure source to a predetermined line pressure; a plurality of operation pressure regulating valves that regulate the line pressure as operation pressure for a hydraulic servo operating a friction engagement element; a maximum pressure conducting circuit that feeds a maximum pressure, among the operation pressures, to the line pressure regulating valve, wherein the friction engagement elements are engaged and released to achieve a plurality of forward speeds and a reverse speed, and the line pressure regulating valve regulates the line pressure during forward travel based on the maximum operation pressure, and regulates the line pressure during reverse travel based on the operation pressure input from a specific operation pressure regulating valve.

Claims

1. A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, comprising:

a hydraulic pressure source;

a plurality of friction engagement elements;

a line pressure regulating valve that regulates hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pressure source to a predetermined line pressure;

a plurality of operation pressure regulating valves that regulate the line pressure as operation pressure for a hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element;

a maximum pressure conducting circuit that guides a maximum pressure among the operation pressures regulated by the plurality of operation pressure regulating valves to the line pressure regulating valve, wherein

the friction engagement elements are engaged and released to achieve a plurality of forward speeds and a reverse speed, and

the line pressure regulating valve regulates the line pressure during forward travel based on the maximum operation pressure guided by the maximum pressure conducting circuit, and regulates the line pressure during reverse travel based on the operation pressure input from a specific operation pressure regulating valve among the plurality of operation pressure regulating valves.

2. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of operation pressure regulating valves is an operation pressure regulating valve that outputs an operation pressure to the maximum pressure conducting circuit during forward travel, and

the specific operation pressure regulating valve among the plurality of operation pressure regulating valves is an operation pressure regulating valve that is directly input with the line pressure and can output operation pressure to the maximum pressure conducting circuit even during reverse travel.

3. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 2, wherein

a switching valve is interposed between the specific operation pressure regulating valve and a hydraulic servo to which the operation pressure from the specific operation pressure regulating valve is output, and allows the operation pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic servo during forward travel and cuts off the supply of operation pressure to the hydraulic servo during reverse travel.

4. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 3, further comprising:

a range switching valve that is input with the line pressure and outputs the line pressure as one of a forward-range pressure and a reverse-range pressure depending on a range position, wherein

the reverse speed is achieved by directly inputting the reverse-range pressure output from the range switching valve as an engagement pressure to the hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element.

5. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 4, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit includes a plurality of shuttle valves in a hierarchical fashion with each shuttle valve having at least two input ports and one output port, and the output port communicates with the input port on the maximum pressure side among the input ports, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit is formed such that the operation pressure supplied to the hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element constantly engaged at a low speed among the plurality of friction engagement elements can be output, by one input to the shuttle valve, as the maximum operation pressure to the line pressure regulating valve.

6. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 3, wherein

a switching valve is interposed between the specific operation pressure regulating valve and a hydraulic servo to which the operation pressure from the specific operation pressure regulating valve is output, and allows the operation pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic servo during forward travel and cuts off the supply of operation pressure to the hydraulic servo during reverse travel.

7. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 6, further comprising:

a range switching valve that is input with the line pressure and outputs the line pressure as one of a forward-range pressure and a reverse-range pressure depending on a range position, wherein

the reverse speed is achieved by directly inputting the reverse-range pressure output from the range switching valve as an engagement pressure to the hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element.

8. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 7, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit includes a plurality of shuttle valves in a hierarchical fashion with each shuttle valve having at least two input ports and one output port, and the output port communicates with the input port on the maximum pressure side among the input ports, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit is formed such that the operation pressure supplied to the hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element constantly engaged at a low speed among the plurality of friction engagement elements can be output, by one input to the shuttle valve, as the maximum operation pressure to the line pressure regulating valve.

9. The hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission according to claim 1, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit includes a plurality of shuttle valves in a hierarchical fashion with each shuttle valve having at least two input ports and one output port, and the output port communicates with the input port on the maximum pressure side among the input ports, wherein

the maximum pressure conducting circuit is formed such that the operation pressure supplied to the hydraulic servo of the friction engagement element constantly engaged at a low speed among the plurality of friction engagement elements can be output, by one input to the shuttle valve, as the maximum operation pressure to the line pressure regulating valve.