Control device for continuously variable transmission

• US 9,939,063 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2015
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• 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: Honma, Tomoaki, Suzuki, Yuta, Shinohara, Itaru, Sekiya, Hiroshi, Ogino, Hiromu
• Primary Examiner(s): YOUNG, EDWIN
• Application Number:
  US15/324,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20170211701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/683 Sensing pressure in control systems or in fluid controlled devices, e.g. by pressure sensors for hydrostatic transmissions F16H2059/6861
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/44 dependent on machine speed of the machine, e.g. the vehicle
• 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 61/0206 Layout of electro-hydraulic control circuits, e.g. arrangement of valves for control of actuators selecting and moving final output members, e.g. shift forks F16H61/2807
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/662 with endless flexible members
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/66272 characterised by means for controlling the torque transmitting capability of the gearing

Abstract

A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes: a line pressure generating means configured to generate a line pressure; a pilot valve configured to supply a pilot pressure regulated so as not to exceed a first predetermined pressure when the line pressure exceeds the first predetermined pressure; a control means configured to control solenoid valves by the pilot pressure, and thereby to generate belt clamping forces; an oil vibration sensing means configured to sense an oil vibration; and a line pressure increase means configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the oil vibration sensing means senses the oil vibration.

Claims

1. A control device for a continuously variable transmission which includes a belt wound around a primary pulley and a secondary pulley, and which is shifted by controlling belt clamping forces of the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, the control device comprising:

a line pressure generating section configured to generate a line pressure;

a pilot valve configured to supply a pilot pressure regulated so as not to exceed a first predetermined pressure when the line pressure exceeds the first predetermined pressure;

a control section configured to generate a belt clamping pressure from the line pressure supplied as a source pressure of the belt clamping forces by controlling solenoid valves by the pilot pressure;

an oil vibration sensing section configured to sense an oil vibration; and

a line pressure increase section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the oil vibration sensing section senses the oil vibration in a state where the line pressure is lower than the first predetermined pressure.

2. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the line pressure set in accordance with a travelling state is equal to or smaller than the first predetermined pressure in a first traveling state in which a rotation primary frequency of a tire and an oil vibration frequency of a control valve correspond to each other.

3. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 2, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the line pressure is equal to or smaller than the first predetermined pressure when a primary rotation speed is within a predetermined rotation speed range including the first traveling state.

4. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 3, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to return the line pressure to the pressure set in accordance with the traveling state when the line pressure is increased, when the oil vibration is not sensed, and when the primary rotation speed is out of the predetermined rotation speed range.

5. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 2, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the line pressure is equal to or smaller than the first predetermined pressure when a vehicle speed is within a predetermined vehicle speed range including the first traveling state.

6. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 5, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to return the line pressure to the pressure set in accordance with the traveling state, when the line pressure is increased, when the oil vibration is not sensed, and when the vehicle speed is out of the predetermined vehicle speed range.

7. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the line pressure is smaller than the first predetermined pressure in a second traveling state in which an oil vibration frequency of the line pressure and a torsion natural frequency between the continuously variable transmission and a tire correspond to each other.

8. The control device for the continuously variable transmission as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line pressure increase section is configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the line pressure is equal to or smaller than the first predetermined pressure in a third traveling state in which a rotation primary frequency of a tire and a torsion natural frequency between the continuously variable transmission and the tire correspond to each other.