Abstract: A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission includes a regulator valve in a hydraulic circuit for supplying pressure to a servo of a frictional engagement element. The regulator valve has an input port, an output port and a drain port. A valve member of the regulator valve includes a pressure receiving area fed with a feedback pressure from the portion of the hydraulic circuit between the regulator valve and the servo, and another pressure receiving area selectively fed with pressure from a signal pressure source. A further pressure receiving area, having a surface area different from the another pressure receiving area, is constantly fed pressure from the signal pressure source.

Abstract: An oil pressure controller of an automatic transmission which is capable of supplying engaging pressures to hydraulic servos of two frictional engaging elements which require different engaging pressures by a single pressure governing valve with a good pressure governing accuracy. The oil pressure controller comprises a hydraulic power source (10), hydraulic servos (70 and 80), signal pressure generating means (20), a pressure governing valve (30) for governing an oil pressure (P.sub.s) from the hydraulic power source (10) by a signal pressure (P.sub.ACC) and a control valve (40). The pressure governing valve (30)has a pressure receiving face A.sub.1 to which the signal pressure is applied, a pressure receiving face A.sub.2 to which the engaging pressure (P.sub.s) is fed back in the opposite direction and a pressure receiving face (A.sub.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission includes a first frictional engagement element and a second frictional engagement element; and a first hydraulic servo for controlling the application/release of the first frictional engagement element and a second hydraulic servo for controlling the application/release of the second frictional engagement element. A regulator valve regulates the oil pressure to the first hydraulic servo. A signal pressure is applied to the regulator valve to establish a predetermined gear stage by switching the applied/released states of the first frictional engagement element and the second frictional engagement element by feeding/releasing oil pressure to/from the first hydraulic servo and the second hydraulic servo.

Abstract: A shift control system for shifting an automatic transmission from a predetermined gear stage to another by draining an oil pressure from predetermined frictional engagement element to release the same frictional engagement element and by feeding the oil pressure to another frictional engagement element to engage the same frictional engagement element while controlling the drain oil pressure of the frictional engagement element to be released and the engaging oil pressure to the frictional engagement element to be engaged. The shift control system includes an engine racing detector for detecting the racing of the engine while the transmission is being shifted in a clutch-to-clutch manner, and a hydraulic control circuit for controlling at least one of the drain oil pressure and the engaging oil pressure, on the basis of the degree of racing of the engine, as detected by the engine racing detector, such that the amount of racing of the engine falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission having frictional devices and a valve mechanism for feeding an oil pressure to the frictional devices. This hydraulic control system controls the applying pressure of the frictional devices directly on the basis of electric signals. For this control, the hydraulic control system comprises: an oil temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the oil to actuate the frictional devices; and an oil pressure command value output unit for making the output interval of the oil pressure command value to be outputted at a plurality of stages, that is, at least any one of lapse time periods till a subsequent oil pressure command value Is outputted, longer in case the detected oil pressure is low, than in case the detected oil pressure is high.

Abstract: A shift control system for an automatic transmission including frictional engagement elements to be applied by actuating a piston by an oil pressure. The shift control system comprises: a pressure regulating valve for regulating the oil pressure to be fed to the frictional engagement elements and for controlling the regulated pressure level; a shift detector for detecting a shift to be executed by feeding the oil pressure to the frictional engagement elements; a low-pressure standby unit for setting the regulated pressure level of the pressure regulator valve to such a value during a predetermined time period after the shift has been detected that the oil pressure to be fed to the frictional engagement elements moves only the piston; and a booster for controlling the regulated pressure level so that the oil pressure to be fed to the frictional engagement elements may gradually increase after lapse of the predetermined time period.

Abstract: A shift control system is provided for an automatic transmission having, connected in series, a secondary shifting unit, capable of being shifted between a high speed stage and a low speed stage, and a primary shifting unit which provides plural speed stages including a reverse speed stage. The secondary shifting unit can be set to the high speed stage upon a shift into reverse. The shift control system is equipped with a reverse range detector for detecting a shift from neutral to reverse range, a vehicle stop detector for detecting that vehicle is stopped, and a high speed stage command device for setting the secondary shifting unit at the high speed stage when, subsequent to a shift of the primary shifting unit into reverse, the vehicle is determined by a signal from the vehicle stop detector to have substantially stopped.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission, comprising a gear transmission unit for establishing a predetermined gear stage by applying a plurality of frictional engagement elements selectively. The gear transmission unit includes a main transmission portion capable of establishing at least a reverse gear stage, and an auxiliary transmission portion capable of switching a high gear stage and a low gear stage. The auxiliary transmission portion is set to the high stage at the shifting time to the reverse stage. The reverse stage is established by controlling the application of predetermined frictional engagement elements of the main transmission portion when a reverse stage shifting command is generated. A torque-down of an engine is executed at the time of controlling the engagement of the frictional engagement elements for the reverse stage.

Abstract: A shift timing detecting system for detecting the start of a shift of an automatic transmission A in terms of a change in the R.P.M. of a predetermined rotary member after a shift command has been outputted. The shift timing detecting system comprises: a detector for detecting a change in the output R.P.M. of the automatic transmission; an arithmetic processor for arithmetically processing the change in the output R.P.M. with different coefficients to determine two processed values: a comparator for comparing the two processed values: and a shift start decider 5 for deciding the start of the shift on the basis of the result of the comparison. Since the shifting situation can be grasped from the change in the output torque accompanying the start of the shift and the change in the output R.P.M. caused by the former change, the start of the shift can be accurately detected without any time delay.

Abstract: A hydraulic control for an automatic transmission is composed of a gear shift mechanism having first and second frictional engagement elements, a hydraulic control unit for the engagement elements, and an electronic control unit for the hydraulic control unit. The first element is engaged to achieve a first speed stage and the second element is engaged to achieve a second speed stage faster than and closest to the first speed stage. The hydraulic control unit has a first directional control valve for switching the feeding and discharge of hydraulic pressure between the first and second engagement elements, responsive to a first solenoid signal from the electronic control unit. A second directional control valve is adapted to be switched by a second solenoid signal from the electronic control unit to achieve a third speed stage yet faster than the second speed stage. The first engagement element has a discharge line connected to a drain line via the second directional control valve.

Abstract: A control system is provided for servo hydraulic pressure in an automatic transmission. Upon downshifting, one of first and second frictional engagement devices is released while the other is engaged. A directional control valve is provided to feed or drain servo hydraulic pressure to selectively engage or release the first and second devices. The hydraulic pressure is regulated by a pressure regulator under the control of an electronic control unit. Detectors are also provided to determine input rotation and torque, respectively. The regulator is interposed between the directional control valve and the engaged device. The regulator is controlled to maintain the servo hydraulic pressure at a predetermined value under the control of the electronic control unit until predetermined input rotation is detected and then to gradually raise the servo hydraulic pressure under the control of the electronic control on the basis of the value of input torque.

Abstract: A control system is provided for servo hydraulic pressure in an automatic transmission having planetary gear mechanisms. First and second frictional engagement devices, whose servo pressures are reversed in feed/drain relationship between desired two high speed stages, are controlled by a shift valve and a directional control valve. The shift valve is switched by a first solenoid. The directional control valve is interposed in a servo hydraulic pressure feed/drain line communicating the shift valve with the first frictional engagement device and is controlled by a second solenoid. The first and second solenoids are controlled by an electronic control unit in accordance with a shift position detected by a detector, whereby the timings of feed or drain of the servo hydraulic pressures to or from the first and second frictional engagement devices are changed by predetermined relative amounts, respectively.

Abstract: An oil pressure control system for an automatic transmission for executing a downshift by disengaging a first frictional engagement element and engaging a second frictional engagement element. At a latter stage of a shift, the first frictional engagement element has its torque capacity increased by raising its oil pressure temporarily. After this, if a synchronization substantially reaching the revolution number at a gear stage after the downshift is detected, the first frictional engagement element has its torque capacity gradually dropped by dropping the oil pressure thereof gradually, and the second frictional engagement element has its oil pressure abruptly raised.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a hydraulic pressure to be applied to a hydraulic operated frictional coupling device of an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle, for an engaging action of the coupling device to establish a given operating position of the transmission. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting a rate of change in a parameter indicative of a progress of the engaging action of the frictional coupling device, and a pressure control device for regulating the hydraulic pressure so that the rate of change in the parameter detected by the detector coincides with a target value. The apparatus further includes an inhibiting device. The execution of a vehicle control function which influences the detected rate of change in the parameter is inhibited by the inhibiting device, while the rate of change in the parameter is detected by the detector.

Abstract: A method is provided for the control of servo hydraulic pressure in an automatic transmission. Servo hydraulic pressure is adapted to engage or release first and second frictional engagement elements arranged in such a relationship that, upon shifting from one particular speed stage to another, one of the first and second frictional engagement elements is released while the other is engaged. The servo hydraulic pressure, engaging one frictional engagement element, is linearly lowered in a torque phase during a shift so it releases the one frictional engagement element, responsive to a rise in the servo hydraulic pressure to the frictional engagement element to be engaged, to maintain an inversely proportional relationship between the servo hydraulic pressure being raised and that being released.

Abstract: A control system is provided for servo hydraulic pressure in an automatic transmission having planetary gear mechanisms. Shifting elements of the mechanisms can be connected to establish a different power flow in accordance with engagement or release of frictional engagement devices under the control of servo hydraulic pressure to achieve plural speed stages. The system comprises first and second frictional engagement devices engageable simultaneously in a reverse range, first and second servo pressure feed lines for feeding servo hydraulic pressure to the devices, a regulator valve disposed in the first line, a solenoid for controlling the valve, an electronic control unit for outputting a signal to the solenoid, and a detector for detecting shifting to the reverse range. The valve is controlled by the solenoid in accordance with an output from the unit upon detection of shifting to the reverse range by the detector, whereby engagement of the first device is coincided with that of the second device.

Abstract: A control system is provided for an automatic transmission which has primary and second shifting units connected together to provide multi-stage speed ranges. Upon performing a combined shift, a hydraulic control circuit disconnects a hydraulic servomotor and its corresponding accumulator and the pressure in the servomotor is controlled by an electrical signal. When a decision for a second shift is made in the course of the combined shift, the pressure in a hydraulic servomotor for a downshift frictional engagement element is controlled by an electrical signal to return the element to its position before the combined shift while monitoring the number of revolutions of a rotating member in the transmission. As a consequence, a particular speed stage is configured and a shift signal corresponding to the decision of the second shift is outputted to the circuit.

Abstract: A control system is provided for servo hydraulic pressure in a vehicular automatic transmission having planetary gear mechanisms. Shifting elements of the mechanisms can be connected to establish a different power flow in accordance with engagement or release of frictional engagement devices under the control of servo hydraulic pressure to achieve plural speed stages. The system comprises a servo pressure feed line for feeding, even in a non-running range, servo hydraulic pressure to at least one particular device out of plural frictional engagement devices which are caused to simultaneously engage in a reverse range of the transmission, a directional control valve disposed in the line to control feed or drain of the servo hydraulic pressure to or from said particular device through the line, and a solenoid valve for controlling the control valve to prevent the feed of the servo hydraulic pressure at vehicle speeds above a predetermined value.

Abstract: A rotary element engaging device of an automatic transmission includes a stationary member, a planetary gear set having rotary elements, a frictionally engaging element interposed between the stationary member and one of the rotary elements, a one-way clutch interposed between the stationary member and the one rotary element, and an operating member for engaging and disengaging the frictionally engaging element. The rotary element is adapted to be selectively engaged with the stationary member through two paths formed of the frictionally engaging element and the one-way clutch. The one-way clutch is disposed between the frictionally engaging element and the operating member. The one-way clutch includes an inner race connected to the one rotary element and an outer race fixed to the stationary member. The operating member is adapted to act on the frictionally engaging element through the outer race.

Abstract: A five-speed automatic transmission includes a main transmission and an over-drive transmission of a front disposition type. The main transmission includes three sets of planetary gears, a clutch for engaging and disengaging speed-change elements of the planetary gear sets, and a brake for fixing and releasing the speed change elements, and provides for four forward speed ranges and one reverse speed range. In the over-drive transmission of a front disposition type, a speed change element of an over-drive planetary gear set connected to an input element of the main transmission is adapted to be engaged, disengaged and fixed for achieving either a directly coupled stage or an over-drive stage. The over-drive transmission releases the direct coupling for reverse driving operation. One of the clutches of the main transmission for achieving the directly coupled stage and one of the brakes for achieving the low speed stage are engageable in the reverse driving operation.