Fail-safe Control (e.g., Preventing A Gear Shift) Patents (Class 701/62)
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Patent number: 7503876Abstract: In a departure standby state in which a transmission is shifted to a drive stage and a mechanical clutch is disengaged, if a vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the transmission is shifted to the neutral, and then the mechanical clutch is engaged. Then, it is determined whether the transmission is being rotated in reverse or not based on a rotational fluctuation on the driving side or the driven side in the process for engaging the mechanical clutch. When an accelerator pedal is pressed down at an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, or when a gear shift instruction is input from the shift lever, if the transmission is being rotated in reverse the transmission is inhibited from being shifted to the drive stage, while if the transmission is not being rotated in reverse the transmission is shifted to the drive stage according to the pressed down state of the accelerator pedal, or a gear shift in instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Isao Okamoto, Osamu Isobe, Akihisa Hayashi, Yuuichi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20090062976Abstract: A solenoid control system for a vehicle comprises a primary controller, a failover controller, and a failover control module. The primary controller generates a first solenoid drive signal based upon a control signal. The failover controller selectively generates a second solenoid drive signal based upon the control signal. The failover control module receives an operating signal that indicates whether the primary controller is functioning properly and selects the second drive signal to drive a solenoid when the operating signal indicates that the primary controller is not functioning properly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Jack P. Koski, Mark A. Vernacchia
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Publication number: 20090049943Abstract: A process for the prevention of unintentional gear shifting from a non-friction locked position of a transmission is proposed, which is comprised by an electrical or electronic gear shift control and a friction-locked gear shift or selector device, within the scope of which the requested friction-locked position detected by the electrical or electronic gear shift control is outputted and is displayed to the driver by way of a position display during position shifting from a non-friction locked position, at the latest when the friction-locked gear shift or selector device has reached a position or a range within which it can remain in an automatic lockup, whereupon this position is implemented in the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Franz HORNEFFER, Bernd Zanglein, Stephane Klein
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Publication number: 20090005943Abstract: A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle including a failure detector configured to determine whether or not a failure occurs in the vehicle, a vehicle speed restriction controller configured to control a driving power source to decrease a vehicle speed of the vehicle when the failure detector detects the failure, and a driving state detector configured to detect a driving state of the vehicle. The vehicle speed restriction controller is configured to determine a deceleration pattern according to the driving state detected by the driving state detector at detection of the failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeru Oshima, Takuya Sakamoto, Satoru Sakanaka, Tatsuya Hirokami
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Publication number: 20080255725Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing an interior component of a vehicle. A system includes a device for monitoring a passenger, a vehicle speed detector, and a controller in communication the interior component, the passenger monitoring device, and the vehicle speed detector, wherein the controller is configured to disable at least one function of the interior component if the rate of speed is greater than a predetermined threshold speed and enable the disabled function(s) when the passenger attempts to actuate the function(s). One method includes the steps of determining a rate of speed the vehicle is traveling, disabling at least one function of the interior component when the rate of speed is greater than a predetermined threshold speed, and enabling the disabled function(s) when the rate of speed is greater than the threshold speed if a passenger attempts to actuate the function(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Scott P. Geisler, Galen E. Ressler, Richard K. Deering
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Publication number: 20080221763Abstract: A control method is provided including detecting transmission output speed and a forward and reverse shift request, and executing inhibit limits when the detected speed exceeds a predetermined threshold speed. The inhibit limits slow the output speed to zero upon detection of a shift request at output speeds above the threshold, with a pedal progression map executed upon reaching zero output speed. The limits approach zero output torque as vehicle speed increases, reaching zero at a relatively high speed and simulating a neutral transmission upon a detected shift request at high speed. A vehicle is also provided having a transmission, a sensor for detecting transmission output speed, a sensor for detecting a shift request, and a PCM having an algorithm and a threshold transmission output speed. The algorithm inhibits a shift event in the direction opposite that of vehicle travel upon detection when vehicle speed is greater than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: William R. Cawthorne, Leonard G. Wozniak
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Publication number: 20080215218Abstract: ECU executes a program including the step (S108) of setting a B2 brake to a engaging state when a first speed gear is effected (YES at S100) and when the difference between an output shaft rotation speed NOUT (1) estimated from an input shaft rotation speed NIN and the detected output shaft rotation speed NOUT (2) is larger than a threshold N (0) (YES at S106). When the B2 brake is in an engaged state, the relative rotation between the inner race and the outer race of one-way clutch is limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Watanabe, Hiromichi Kimura, Koji Oshima, Masaru Morise, Hirofumi Onishi
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Patent number: 7421326Abstract: A method for detecting a clutch fault of an automatic transmission includes determining a current clutch energy density of a clutch during a range shift and comparing the current clutch energy density to a first energy density threshold. A diagnostic alert is activated if the current clutch energy density exceeds the first energy density threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Todd J. Thor, Brian James Pellerito
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Patent number: 7412307Abstract: A refuse vehicle is disclosed that includes a control system which comprises a plurality of microprocessor based interface modules, a communication network, and at least one output device. The control system is configured to disable the output device based on certain conditions of the refuse vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Oshkosh Truck CorporationInventors: Duane R. Pillar, William M. Woolman
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Publication number: 20080185251Abstract: A method of regulating operation of an automatic transmission includes identifying a tie-up condition of the automatic transmission, adjusting a pressure of a transmission element in response to the tie-up condition and determining whether a first gear ratio of the automatic transmission holds. The pressure is set to zero if the gear ratio does not hold and a faulty transmission element is identified as one associated with a second gear ratio that is lower than said first gear ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventor: Todd J. Thor
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Publication number: 20080183359Abstract: A vehicle with a transmission having a crankshaft and an output shaft. A clutch located between the output shaft and a drive wheel is engaged and disengaged according to a rotational speed of the output shaft. An idle speed control device performs idle speed control to adjust an idle rotational speed of an engine. An electronic control unit (ECU) suppresses or stops the idle speed control when the clutch is engaged, or when an abnormality in the transmission is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichiro SAWADA
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Publication number: 20080182717Abstract: A control apparatus for a range changeover device checks whether an actual range agrees with a target range. If the actual range differs from the target range, the control apparatus performs vehicle driving force restriction control irrespective of a presence/absence of abnormality in a range changeover operation. The control apparatus may restrict an engine output power by closing a throttle valve of the engine to around an idle position, thereby restricting the vehicle driving force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Shinojima, Shigeru Kamio
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Publication number: 20080176706Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to control operation of an electro-mechanical torque transmission device selectively operative in one of a plurality of fixed gear modes and two continuously variable modes, and operative to transmit torque input from a plurality of torque-generative devices. The transmission device includes a hydraulic circuit and is operative in one of a plurality of operating modes by selective actuation of a plurality of hydraulically-actuated torque-transfer clutches. The method comprises monitoring pressures in the hydraulic circuit, and restricting operation of the transmission when any one of the monitored hydraulic pressures does not correspond to an expected pressure thereat. Presence of a fault is verified during the restricted operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Peter E. Wu, John M. Williams, Thyag Sadasiwan
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Patent number: 7402123Abstract: In an automatic transmission control system and method, an electronic control unit is programmed to output a command to establish another gear stage different from the gear stage at the time of occurrence of fault-induced disengagement by combination of engagements of the friction elements other than the friction elements to be engaged at the time of occurrence of fault-induced disengagement, and simultaneously output a plurality of commands to establish a plurality of gear stages corresponding to combination of engagements of the friction elements to be engaged and disengaged, respectively, at the gear stage at the time of occurrence of fault-induced disengagement, when the gear stage at the time of occurrence of the fault-induced disengagement is a predetermined gear stage and the friction element undergoing the fault-induced disengagement is not determined.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hajime Tasaka, Hirofumi Michioka
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Patent number: 7400960Abstract: In a conventional abnormality detecting apparatus, it is impossible to judge a breakdown before the breakdown actually takes place. An abnormality detecting apparatus for an automatic speed changer includes a speed change controlling unit for controlling the automatic speed changer; a learn controlling device for optimizing an rpm change at the time of speed change control by the speed change controlling device; and an abnormality detection controlling device for judging whether a learned value of the learn controlling device falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit and if the learned value falls out of the range, storing the condition as abnormal. Thus, it is possible to detect the abnormal condition of constituents such as a clutch in the automatic speed changer before the actual breakdown.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiki Sugita
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Publication number: 20080167155Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a planetary gear mechanism, an engagement element group including a particular engagement element having first and second pressure chambers, a pressure control valve to regulate the fluid pressure for the particular engagement element, and a selector valve arranged to connect the second pressure chamber with the pressure control valve at a first valve position, and to disconnect the second pressure chamber from the pressure control valve at a second valve position. A shift control section is configured to command a shift operation from a first gear position, to a second gear position, by controlling the selector valve to the second valve position and to supply the fluid pressure to the first pressure chamber, and to judge the selector valve to be in an abnormal state, in accordance with a parameter in the shift operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Takateru KAWAGUCHI, Shinya Mochiyama, Fumitaka Nagashima, Yoshihide Shinso
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Patent number: 7390283Abstract: A process for controlling an automated motor vehicle drive train which has an engine and a transmission, with the step of at least once detecting at least one wear parameter of the transmission during its running performance, the wear parameter representing the wear or the fatigue of at least one component of the transmission. A load limit parameter, which represents the maximum load on the transmission due to the engine, is set as a function of the detected wear parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KGInventor: Stephan Rinderknecht
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Publication number: 20080125946Abstract: A method for predictive determination of gear ratio changes in an electronically controlled transmission. Environment data (12), driver/vehicle data (11) and information about a first proposed gear (10) are fed to a correcting module (13) which comprises at least one driving situation module (14) and a determining module (15). The determining module (15) evaluates, in a first step (2), whether at least one shifting situation for a procedure exists. If at least one shifting situation exists, evaluating, in a second step (6), whether also the conditions for carrying out the respective procedure for one of the detected shifting situations exist. If a shifting situation has occurred and the conditions for performing a procedure exist, the first proposed gear (10) is adapted in a third step and an adapted second proposed gear (17) is determined, the information of which is forwarded to the transmission (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Winfried FAKLER, Thomas Voss, Harald Deiss, Armin Gierling
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Patent number: 7366638Abstract: In a conventional abnormality detecting apparatus, it is impossible to judge a breakdown before the breakdown actually takes place. An abnormality detecting apparatus for an automatic speed changer includes a speed change controlling unit for controlling the automatic speed changer; a learn controlling device for optimizing an rpm change at the time of speed change control by the speed change controlling device; and an abnormality detection controlling device for judging whether a learned value of the learn controlling device falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit and if the learned value falls out of the range, storing the condition as abnormal. Thus, it is possible to detect the abnormal condition of constituents such as a clutch in the automatic speed changer before the actual breakdown.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiki Sugita
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Patent number: 7347118Abstract: A process for preventing the engagement of an impermissible speed in an automated gearbox with a gear-switching member, which can be moved along a gear-selection speed range and out of it into speed step ranges containing the following steps: acquiring the speed step range in which the gear-switching member is moved; acquisition of the momentary vehicle speed; checking as to whether the speed, belonging to the particular speed step range related to the momentary vehicle speed, is permissible; acquisition of the triggering of a gear-switching actuator in case of an impermissible speed; and, triggering of a fault reaction upon the activity of the gear-switching actuator toward the setting of the speed that is recognized as impermissible. A device for implementing the method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KGInventor: Andreas Maxon
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Patent number: 7349784Abstract: A control method for automatic transmissions wherein a reverse motion condition in the neutral or drive ranges, caused by burning or the like in the operating devices of the automatic transmission, can be automatically detected to prevent an unwanted reverse motion of a vehicle from occurring, thereby enhancing the safety of the automatic transmission and improving the running stability of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jung-Suk Lee
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Patent number: 7343236Abstract: The present invention provides a universal power control module for automatic transmissions. The power control module includes a processor and at least two sensor inputs that convey engine and vehicle data to the processor. This data may include vehicle speed, engine temperature, throttle position, engine RPM, and other operational parameters. Both the type and number of data input to the processor may be changed to accommodate different engine and transmission combinations. At least two outputs convey commands from the processor to the transmission. Program circuitry defines the gear shift pattern of the transmission according to the engine and vehicle sensor data. This program circuitry can be programmed to define an optimal gear shift pattern for any combination of engine and transmission, independent of make and model.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Autocraft Industries, Inc.Inventor: Barry Wilson
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Publication number: 20080058157Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including a plurality of frictional elements each arranged to be engaged by receiving supply of an engagement pressure regulated by a solenoid, and being arranged to attain a plurality of gear stages by combination of engagements of the frictional elements, the control apparatus includes a failure occurrence sensing section configured to sense an occurrence of a failure-induced disengagement in one of the frictional elements based on a failure of one of the solenoids, based on an engine racing by a depression of an accelerator pedal in a state in which ranges other than a parking range and a neutral range are selected during a stop of a vehicle; and a command output section configured to output a limp home mode command to attain one of the gear stages to enable the vehicle to start.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Hajime TASAKA, Hirofumi Michioka, Fumitaka Nagashima, Yutaka Tohyama, Jun Kagawa
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Patent number: 7269492Abstract: To offer a control system that is not only equipped with a high fail-safe function but also capable of avoiding erroneous failure detection. The CPU 110 outputs a drive signal DC for driving the load L according to the input signals from sensors S1 and S2 by means of the load drive element 120. The monitor IC 150 detects abnormal condition of equipment and outputs the first reset signal RES 1 for resetting the CPU 110 and also outputs the second reset signal RES2 when the first reset signal RES1 has been outputted for a specified number of times. The compulsory turn-off circuit 160 stops the output to the load L according to the second reset signal RES2 outputted from the monitor IC 150.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Itaru Tanabe
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Patent number: 7139652Abstract: A range selector issues a range selection command signal representative of an operation range of a shift-by-wire type automatic transmission meeting with a driver's intention. The operating range is at least one of P(parking)-range, R(reverse)-range, N(neutral)-range and D(drive)-range. An actuator causes the transmission to assume a certain operation range when receiving an instruction signal. A control unit issues the instruction signal by processing the range selection command signal, so that the transmission is able to assume an operation range that meets with the driver's intention. The control unit is configured to carry out, when the range selector fails to issue the range selection command signal, presuming a range selection intended by the driver based on a previous operation of the range selector; and based on the presumption, causing through the actuator the transmission to actually carry out at least one of first and second range selection operations.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7079932Abstract: A method for detecting tie-up in an automatic transmission is provided. The rate of change of the output shaft acceleration is calculated by twice differentiating with respect to time the transmission output shaft speed. The calculated rate is then compared to a predetermined value, and each time the acceleration rate drops below the predetermined value, a controller stores the event in memory. If the acceleration rate drops below the predetermined value too frequently, a flag is set and indication of the transmission tie-up is prevented. When a predetermined amount of time passes, during which the acceleration rate does not drop below the predetermined value, the flag is cleared and indication of a tie-up is allowed. When the acceleration rate drops below the predetermined value, and the transmission is in a shift cycle and tie-up prevention flags are cleared, a transmission tie-up is indicated.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Keyse, Stephen Cicala, Ihab Soliman
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Patent number: 7058496Abstract: An electronic control system includes two speed sensors connected to a microcontroller that is configured to read the sensors and perform the process of determining the gear ratio of a vehicle gearbox. The process includes calculating (several times) which of at least two gear ratios the gearbox is engaged in, then adding up the number of times each of the gear ratios was calculated, and then selecting the gear ratio that was calculated the most times as the true gear ratio.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Yun Ren Ho, John G. Brome, Aziz Talbi
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Patent number: 7058497Abstract: When a shift routine is not being executed in an automatic transmission and a difference between an actual turbine speed and a calculated synchronous speed is equal to, or greater than, a preset value ?, a difference ?NT between an estimated turbine speed and the actual speed when the automatic transmission is in a neutral state is calculated. When ?NT is equal to, or less than, a preset value ?, it is determined that a failure related to the neutral state of the automatic transmission has occurred. Also, when ?NT is greater than a preset value ?, it is determined that a failure related to slipping of a frictional engaging element has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Nagata, Yuuji Kashihara, Yoji Takanami, Kazutoshi Nozaki, Akio Murasugi
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Patent number: 7001308Abstract: A shift device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle, is proposed in which the request to change the current ratio of the automatic transmission upon reaching preset operating states of the vehicle can be automatically generated or by manual input in a manual shifting mode. A pulse counter is here provided by way of successive pulses and manual input can be functionally interlinked wherein a shift signal can be generated depending on the linkage.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Henneken, Friedemann Jauch, Franz-Josef Schuler, Thomas Mauz, Michael Kiefer
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Patent number: 6996465Abstract: A shifting system is provided which comprises a transmission, a driver interface, and an inhibitor switch actuating module. The transmission is configured to receive a rotational force and to realize a predetermined shifting ratio, and it has an inhibitor switch. The driver interface module generates a target shift range signal corresponding to a shift range that is selected by a driver. The inhibitor switch actuating module is connected through a real-time communication bus to the driver interface module, and it actuates the inhibitor switch based on a current inhibitor switch position and the target shift range signal input from the driver interface module.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Seung Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 6979279Abstract: A controller-assisted, manually shifted transmission system having a control system and method for controlling automatic range shifts are disclosed. Automatic range shifts are determined by control logic utilizing predetermined logic rules to evaluate transmission system criteria. The control logic determines a set of potential target gear ratios. Engine overspeed tests evaluate the set of potential target gear ratios in combination with the transmission system criteria. The appropriate range shift is determined and executed based on the selected target gear ratio.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Douglas A. Hughes, Karen L. Marx
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Patent number: 6966862Abstract: In a case of an electric failure caused to a traveling vehicle and when any of forward gears is held at a step S5, a comparison is made between: 1) a supposedly-engaged friction element of friction elements which is supposed to be engaged at the any of the forward gears and 2) an actually-engaged friction element of the friction elements which is sensed to be actually engaged, the sensing being based on a switch signal from a first hydraulic pressure switch 11, a second hydraulic pressure switch 12, a third hydraulic pressure switch 13, a fourth hydraulic pressure switch 14 and a fifth hydraulic pressure switch 15. When the supposedly-engaged friction element is not in accordance with the actually-engaged friction element, an electric system is determined to be in failure. In the case of the electric failure, a routine moves to a step S6 and subsequent steps for sticking the gear of an automatic transmission to a given gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Jatco LTDInventor: Yukiyoshi Inuta
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Patent number: 6948395Abstract: A device to allow for emergency operation of an automatic-transmission motor vehicle, having a monitoring device to monitor pre-determined operating parameters, a diagnostic device to detect faults, a control device to activate an alternative function, and an output device by means of which the fault may be presented to the driver. The control device provides the driver an emergency operation capability while providing an alternative function depending on the degree of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Georg Gierer, Christian Popp, Klaus Steinhauser, Peter Schiele
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Patent number: 6950736Abstract: In the case of malfunctioning of an inhibitor switch of an automatic transmission, a current vehicle speed is compared with a maximum vehicle speed of a reverse speed when the current vehicle speed is other than 0. The transmission is then controlled to a target shift-speed determined on the basis of vehicle driving state parameters, when the current vehicle speed is higher than the maximum vehicle speed of the reverse speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Hydundai Motor CompanyInventor: Young Shin Cho
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Patent number: 6926640Abstract: A transmission control system, includes: 1) a high speed side friction element for establishing a high speed side change gear; and 2) a low speed side friction element for establishing a low speed side change gear. After a disengagement of the high speed side friction element, the low speed side friction element makes an engagement for carrying out a downshift from the high speed side change gear to the low speed side change gear. When the downshift is carried out with an accelerator turned off, a stepping on the accelerator sensed in a period between the following times: i) a time for commanding a start of a transmission, and ii) a time for the low speed side friction element to start a conveyance of a torque, prevents a changeover to the low speed side change gear, thus keeping the high speed side change gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Ikuhiro Iwamoto, Masahiro Hamano, Katsutoshi Usuki, Yoichi Furuichi, Nobuhiro Yamanaka
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Patent number: 6826467Abstract: In a conventional abnormality detecting apparatus, it is impossible to judge a breakdown before the breakdown actually takes place. An abnormality detecting apparatus for an automatic speed changer includes a speed change controlling unit for controlling the automatic speed changer; a learn controlling device for optimizing an rpm change at the time of speed change control by the speed change controlling device; and an abnormality detection controlling device for judging whether a learned value of the learn controlling device falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit and if the learned value falls out of the range, storing the condition as abnormal. Thus, it is possible to detect the abnormal condition of constituents such as a clutch in the automatic speed changer before the actual breakdown.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiki Sugita
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Patent number: 6819987Abstract: The invention relates to a method for early recognition of abnormal occurrences in the operation of automatic or automated gearboxes wherein at least one variable Akraftschl directly or indirectly characterizing the strain on elements which are to be coupled to each other in a non-positive fit is continuously determined after an n-th shift at least until a synchronous rev speed is reached or during a maximum shift period Tmax; wherein the variable Akraftschlüssig characterizing the strain on the elements that are to be coupled is mathematically combined with the time, or if several variables Akraftschlüssig Exist, said variables are mathematically combined with each other and the product of said combination is added up in the form of a variable Wsum; wherein the product thereof is compared with a first pre-definable or defined threshold value Wmax0 Which, if exceeded, defines a state from which damage can be deduced and the shift action is aborted.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Herbert Depping, Bernd Dietzel, Thomas Schönharr
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Patent number: 6799110Abstract: Evacuation operation performance is improved when any abnormality occurs in an electronic throttle control system. When any serious abnormality occurs, a first abnormality storage element (133) operates, a load relay for a power supply circuit (104a) of a throttle valve open/close controlling motor (103) is de-energized to operate a first alarm and display (109a). Thus a first device carries out the evacuation operation by a fuel cut control. When any slight abnormality occurs, a second abnormality storing element (136) comes to actuate thereby a second alarm and display (109b) being operated. Thus a second device carries out the evacuation operation using together a throttle valve opening control by the motor 103 and the fuel cut control.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohji Hashimoto, Katsuya Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20040162661Abstract: A range selector issues a range selection command signal representative of an operation range of a shift-by-wire type automatic transmission meeting with a driver's intention. The operating range is at least one of P(parking)-range, R(reverse)-range, N(neutral)-range and D(drive)-range. An actuator causes the transmission to assume a certain operation range when receiving an instruction signal. A control unit issues the instruction signal by processing the range selection command signal, so that the transmission is able to assume an operation range that meets with the driver's intention. The control unit is configured to carry out, when the range selector fails to issue the range selection command signal, presuming a range selection intended by the driver based on a previous operation of the range selector; and based on the presumption, causing through the actuator the transmission to actually carry out at least one of first and second range selection operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTDInventor: Masahiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6748309Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for determining the transmission ratio of a continuously variable transmission having a drive end and an output end. A signal, which represents the transmission ratio, is computed in dependence upon a primary rpm of the drive end and a secondary rpm of the output end which are transmitted to the arrangement. A fault signal is generated which is dependent upon the instantaneous primary rpm and/or the instantaneous secondary rpm and indicates whether a value for the transmission ratio is to be outputted as the signal representing the transmission ratio. This value is computed from the detected instantaneous values for the primary rpm and the secondary rpm.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Joachim Luh
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Patent number: 6735509Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a vehicle drive system including an automatic transmission, including a feedback controller operable upon a shift-down action of the transmission effected by concurrent releasing and engaging actions of first and second frictional coupling devices during an operation of a manually operable vehicle accelerating member to drive the vehicle with the drive power soruce, for controlling an engaging force of the first frictional coupling device, and a learning compensator operable upon detection of an abnormality of the shift-down action, for learning compensation of an initial value of the engaging force at which a feedback control of the engaging force is initiated, or an output reducing device for reducing an output of a drive power source when input speed of the transmission has been increased to a value close to a synchronization value, and/or upon racing of the drive power source during the shift-down action.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Watanabe, Naoyuki Sakamoto, Atsushi Ayabe, Toshimitsu Sato, Hiromichi Kimura, Hideaki Ogasawara, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Noboru Shibata
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Publication number: 20040073350Abstract: When a shift routine is not being executed in an automatic transmission and a difference between an actual turbine speed and a calculated synchronous speed is equal to, or greater than, a preset value &agr;, a difference &Dgr;NT between an estimated turbine speed and the actual speed when the automatic transmission is in a neutral state is calculated. When &Dgr;NT is equal to, or less than, a preset value &bgr;, it is determined that a failure related to the neutral state of the automatic transmission has occurred. Also, when &Dgr;NT is greater than a preset value &bgr;, it is determined that a failure related to slipping of a frictional engaging element has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Koji Nagata, Yuuji Kashihara, Yoji Takanami, Kazutoshi Nozaki, Akio Murasugi
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Patent number: 6698302Abstract: A method of keeping track of the current operating position of an actuator in an automated gear-shift transmission has the following steps: monitoring the level of energy supplied by an energy source to the actuator; comparing the energy level to a minimum energy level required by the actuator; and if the energy level is lower than the required minimum, saving the current actuator position in memory for retrieval at a later time.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KGInventors: Thomas Jäger, Holger Stork, Martin Eckert
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Patent number: 6699155Abstract: A vehicle transmission controller controls switching of the gear position of a transmission. The controller has a shift lever and an actuator. The shift lever is manipulated to select a gear position of the transmission. The actuator actuates the transmission to switch the gear position in accordance with a manipulation of the manipulator. The actuator switches the transmission to the gear position selected by the manipulator. The actuator switches the transmission to a predetermined gear position from the gear position selected by the manipulator when the vehicle satisfies predetermined conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki SeisakushoInventor: Chikao Nagasaka
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Publication number: 20040010361Abstract: A device to allow for emergency operation of an automatic-transmission motor vehicle, having a monitoring device to monitor pre-determined operating parameters, a diagnostic device to detect faults, a control device to activate an alternative function, and an output device by means of which the fault may be presented to the driver. The control device provides the driver an emergency operation capability while providing an alternative function depending on the degree of the fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Inventors: Georg Gierer, Christian Popp, Klaus Steinhauser, Peter Schiele
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Patent number: 6675079Abstract: A fault diagnosis method is provided in which it is possible to determine whether the input shaft speed sensor of the automatic transmission is faulty by using the signals of the output shaft speed sensor, the brake switch, the engine speed sensor and so on, without making use of the signal of the vehicle speed sensor. Moreover, even if there are faults in the output shaft speed sensor or if the shift lever is positioned in the parking P range or the neutral N range, or if the engine speed is lower than the stall speed, the fault diagnosis method for the input shaft speed sensor can be performed, and additionally, a possibility of a misjudgment caused by a bad N-D hydraulic pressure response at an extremely low temperature can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hyuk-Bin Kwon
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Method for manually stipulating the transmission ratio of a continuously variable transmission (CVT)
Patent number: 6671602Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manually stipulating the transmission ratio of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) for a motor vehicle. The CVT comprises a control device, a shifting or selecting device, a starting element and a variator for adjusting the transmission ratio which is driven, in particular, by an internal combustion engine. The control device processes input signals derived from a driver-vehicle system within the framework of an operational strategy for stipulating the transmission ratio, the rotational speed of the drive motor or a variator input rotational speed. In a first automatic operation mode, the operational strategy automatically selects the transmission multiplication. In a second manual operational mode, the driver can directly intervene, via the shifting or selecting device, in the selection of the transmission multiplication.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: ZF Batavia L.L.C.Inventors: Patrick Speicher, Ralf Vorndran, Anton Welte -
Patent number: 6634991Abstract: A hydraulic control unit including a hydraulic servo for engaging and disengaging each friction engagement element, hydraulic pressure supply device for supplying hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic servo of a predetermined friction engagement element selected according to a gearshift position to be achieved, failure detection device for detecting a failure has occurred in the hydraulic pressure supply device, and fail-safe device for preventing interlock that occurs due to a plurality of friction engagement elements being engaged, and also prevents a gearshift from a high-speed position to a low-speed position, when the failure detection device detects that a failure has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Itou, Naoyuki Fukaya, Mikio Iwase, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Hiromichi Kimura, Yoshihiro Iijima, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Shigeki Hiramatsu, Koichi Tanaka
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Corrective control system and method for liquid pressure control apparatus in automatic tramsmission
Publication number: 20030187562Abstract: In corrective control system and method for a liquid pressure control apparatus for a control valve unit, fundamental maps are preset on the basis of a hysterisis characteristic, the hysterisis characteristic being exhibited in such a manner that an output liquid pressure actually measured value which takes along a first hysterisis loop when the current value is increased toward a larger value is different from that which takes along a second hysterisis loop when the current value is, in turn, decreased toward a smaller value from the larger value and each fundamental map is a map representing a relationship between the output liquid pressure actually measured value and a current average value, the current average value being an average between the current value in the first hysterisis loop and that in the second hysterisis loop with respect to each of the same output pressure actually measured values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Shigeru Ishii, Masashi Sugiuchi, Tatsuaki Eguchi, Hisao Nobu -
Patent number: 6625534Abstract: A control apparatus for a power train that includes an engine and a motor generator that generates power to a wheel. Furthermore, a clutch is disposed in a power transmission path from the engine to the wheel includes a driving power controller for controlling power generated from the motor generator to the wheel when the clutch fails.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Suzuki, Toshifumi Takaoka, Naoto Suzuki, Makoto Yamazaki