Abstract: An electromagnetic control valve normality determination system includes: a hydraulic pressure source; an electromagnetic control valve structured to regulate an actual pressure of oil to a pressure command point, wherein the oil is supplied from the hydraulic pressure source; and an actual pressure sensor structured to sense the actual pressure of the oil. For determining normality of pressure regulation of the electromagnetic control valve, a normality determinator is configured to: set pressure command regions for determination about pressure regulation of the electromagnetic control valve, without overlapping among the pressure command regions; determine for each of the pressure command regions whether a difference between the actual pressure and the pressure command point in the each of the pressure command regions is less than a threshold value; and determine that the electromagnetic control valve is normal, in response to affirmation of the determination for all of the pressure command regions.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle having: an engine; a torque converter having a lock-up clutch; an engagement element disposed downstream of the torque converter; a drive shaft disposed downstream of the engagement element; and an electric motor disposed downstream of the engagement element, and connected to the drive shaft includes a control portion adapted to: in a case where an electric travel mode in which the lock-up clutch and the engagement element are disengaged is switched to an engine travel mode in which the lock-up clutch is disengaged and the engagement element is engaged, decrease driving torque of the electric motor after engagement of the engagement element; and gradually decrease the driving torque of the electric motor while gradually increasing driving torque of the engine after the driving torque of the electric motor is decreased.

Abstract: A control device for automatic transmission of the present invention includes a transmission mechanism and a park lock device. The park lock device has a rod member and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism restricts movement of the rod member when being in a locked state. If a CPU reset (reset of a CPU constituting an ATCU) occurs, the control device maintains the locked state of the lock mechanism after a return from the CPU reset.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transverse segment for a drive belt with a stack of rings and with a number of the transverse segments, which transverse segment includes a base part and two pillar parts that respectively extend from a respective axial side of the base part in radial outward direction, defining a central opening of the transverse segment between them, and that are each provided with a hook portion extending over a part of the central opening in the general direction of the respectively opposite pillar part. A width dimension of one of the pillar parts of the transverse segment is less than a width dimension of the respective other pillar part.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission having a variator and a sub-transmission mechanism, a controller serving as a shift control unit adapted to, as shift of the transmission, shift the sub-transmission mechanism and the variator so that a through speed ratio becomes a target speed ratio, and an engine serving as a torque increasing portion adapted to increase a torque inputted to the transmission in association with the shift of the transmission. The controller has a torque setting unit adapted to make a magnitude of an inclination larger as an increase amount of the engine rotation speed in association with the shift of the transmission is larger.

Abstract: A select control device for an automatic transmission includes a select lever and a controller. The select lever is configured to select a range position in response to a select operation by a driver. The controller is configured to, when a first select operation from a first travel range position to a non-travel range position is performed, perform pressure release control that decreases at a prescribed descending gradient an engagement capacity of a starting clutch that is engaged in the first travel range position. The controller has a select hydraulic pressure control unit configured to continue the pressure release control during a second select operation from a second travel range position that is different from the first travel range position to the non-travel range position after the first select operation.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, a metal belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, and a controller. The metal belt includes a ring and a plurality of elements. The elements have respective receiving portions opening in a radial direction of the belt and receive the ring in the receiving portions. The controller executes a preliminary determined falling-off countermeasure control of the element when the end play larger than the predetermined length is detected to be generated or the continuously variable transmission is detected to be under the operation condition in which the end plays concentrate.

Abstract: The control valve assembly is provided with a reinforcing portion straddling a drain port, the drain port allowing communication between an inside and an outside of the control valve assembly. The reinforcing portion is provided along a bore in which a spool of the control valve for control is housed. The control valve for control is a pressure regulator vale regulating a line pressure, the line pressure being a primary pressure of a hydraulic oil of the automatic transmission.

Abstract: A diagnosis device determines diagnoses one of primary and secondary board temperature sensors as abnormal, in response to a condition that a state in which a primary temperature sensor value and a secondary temperature sensor value deviate from each other by a predetermined value or more continues for a predetermined duration or more; performs torque limitation to limit a torque inputted from an engine to an automatic transmission, during driving in a predetermined travel section based on a predetermined condition, after the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors is diagnosed as abnormal; and performs transmission shift restriction to restrict shifting of the automatic transmission along with the torque limitation, in response to a condition that the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors continues to be diagnosed as still abnormal after the driving in the predetermined travel section is completed.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, a metal belt and a controller. The metal ring includes a ring and a plurality of elements bundled by the ring. The elements have respective receiving portions opening in a radial direction of the metal belt and receive the ring in the receiving portions. Assuming a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction and a radial direction of the metal belt as a lateral direction L, the controller executes a falling-off countermeasure control of the element when a relative movement of the element in the lateral direction L with respect to the ring is detected or a presence of an action of a force on the element which causes such relative movement is detected.

Abstract: A belt-type continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley. A controller performs a process, when performing a low speed position return shift to shift a transmission ratio toward a lowermost speed position while a vehicle is decelerating. The process includes: calculating a primary pressure actual lower limit, at which the belt actually starts to slip, based on the transmission ratio and a deceleration of the vehicle; setting a lower limit of a setpoint of the primary pressure to the primary pressure actual lower limit; setting the primary pressure actual lower limit higher with a locking tendency of a vehicle wheel detected than that without the locking tendency detected; and setting the primary pressure actual lower limit with the locking tendency detected to increase as the transmission ratio varies toward the lowermost speed position.

Abstract: A shifter abnormality diagnosis device for a shifter used in an automatic transmission having a manual mode, the shifter including a first switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of a select lever and a second switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of the select lever if the select lever is located in at least one of an upshift range or a downshift range, wherein the abnormality diagnosis device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of the second switch on the basis of an output signal of the second switch and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the second switch if it is determined that the select lever is not located in any one of forward ranges including the upshift range and the downshift range on the basis of an output signal of the first switch.

Abstract: A friction engaging device includes a plurality of first plates slidably fitted to an outer periphery side cylindrical member, a plurality of second plates slidably fitted to an inner periphery side cylindrical member, a piston pushing the first plates and the second plates by moving in an axial direction, a biasing member applying a bias force to the piston in the axial direction, and a plate member supporting a first end of the biasing member. The plate member slides in the axial direction in a state where the plate member is fitted to either one of the outer periphery side cylindrical member and the inner periphery side cylindrical member.

Abstract: In a transmission case, a pattern exerting a water repellent effect is provided around a connection portion for a connection with an electrical component. A water passage is provided on an upper surface of an outer peripheral surface of the transmission case. A drain portion is provided on a downstream side of the water passage. The drain portion is a through hole provided in the transmission case, the through hole connecting with the water passage.

Abstract: An automatic transmission is provided, which includes a variator having a first pulley, a second pulley and a belt wound around the first and second pulleys, a first motor configured to give a pulley thrust force for shifting the variator to the first or second pulley, a second motor configured to cause a belt clamping force to be generated in the variator, and a power transmission mechanism provided between the second motor and the variator, to transmit an output torque of the second motor to the variator. The power transmission mechanism includes a cycloid decelerator configured to decelerate an input torque from the second motor, and transmit the decelerated input torque to the variator.

Abstract: The gear mechanism includes a gear shaped to have a bottom land, a first tooth flank connected to the bottom land, a second tooth flank connected to the bottom land, a first tooth face connected to the first tooth flank, and a second tooth face connected to the second tooth flank. The bottom land is curved, a radius of curvature of the first tooth flank is greater than a radius of curvature of the second tooth flank, and parts of the first tooth flank and the second tooth flank connected to connection points with the bottom land are curved such that a distance of each of the parts from a shaft center of the gear decreases toward the connection points and that a gradient of each of the parts decreases toward the connection points.

Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a failure diagnosis section for diagnosing whether or not a failure has occurred in a shift control system of the automatic transmission; a fail-safe control section for fixing the automatic transmission into a predetermined gear position in response to confirmation of the failure of the shift control system of the automatic transmission; and an oil temperature rise regulation torque reduction control section for outputting a torque reduction request to suppress torque of a vehicle driving source, based on temperature of transmission operating oil of the automatic transmission, and outputting the torque reduction request in response to satisfaction of an oil temperature condition that is set lower in oil temperature when the automatic transmission is fixed in a first gear position by the fail-safe control section than when the automatic transmission is not fixed in the first gear position.

Abstract: A controller includes a control unit configured to perform stepwise shift that upshifts a CVT in a stepped manner to accelerate a vehicle. The control unit performs a downshift control configured to downshift the continuously variable transmission in a case in which an accelerator pedal is continuously stepped on from before prohibition of the stepwise shift to after prohibition of the stepwise shift.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a case member including an outer surface on the side where a torque converter is disposed and an inner surface on the side where a driving force transmission mechanism is disposed. The case member includes a supporting hole by which a bearing that supports a third shaft is supported, a supporting hole by which a bearing that supports a fourth shaft is supported, and an oil path through which an lubricant, to be supplied to the bearing and the bearing, is supplied. The oil path protrudes from the outer surface from the case member and has a straight line shape connecting between the supporting hole and the supporting hole. Thus, components can be appropriately lubricated even when it is difficult to provide lubrication pipes.

Abstract: A controller includes a control unit which is configured to execute a coast stop control. The coast stop control is configured to perform automatic stopping of the drive source while the vehicle is traveling, when a permitting condition is satisfied, the permitting condition including a condition that a speed ratio R of the variator is lower than a first threshold R1 while the lock-up clutch is in an engaged phase. The control unit is configured to prohibit execution of the coast stop control in a case in which an input-output rotation speed difference of the torque converter is equal to or more than a predetermined value when the lock-up clutch is in the engaged phase.