Control Mechanism Patents (Class 74/335)
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Patent number: 8768588Abstract: A transmission includes a controller being provided with a change-speed stage anticipator. The controller adopts a time, which one of the transmission's gear-mechanism selectors requires in shifting a current change-speed stage to another change-speed stage, as a pre-shift time for selecting the latter change-speed stage. The change-speed stage anticipator operates the one of the gear-mechanism selectors while adopting a temporary change-speed stage as a subsequent change-speed stage when the temporary change-speed stage, which is estimated from a state of vehicle after the pre-shift time, the state of vehicle being relevant to each element of an anticipated change-speed stage group that is made up of one or more of the change-speed stages that can be selected by the one of the gear-mechanism selectors being set on one of the transmission's input shafts that is disconnected from a power source, coincides with an anticipated change-speed stage that corresponds to the pre-shift time.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignees: Aisin AI Co., Ltd., Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Hatori, Hiroshi Toyoda, Takeshige Miyazaki, Yoshiki Ito, Kiyoshi Nagami, Atsushi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 8758196Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include beginning synchronization between a speed shift gear of a target gear and an output shaft to shift gears from a current gear to a lower gear set as the target gear in response to deceleration of the vehicle, after the synchronization between the output shaft and an input shaft by the speed shift gear of the target gear has been completed, maintaining the synchronized state therebetween for a predetermined time period, and completing engagement with the target gear to complete the shifting of the gears after the maintaining of the synchronized state.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Sung Yeol Kim, Seung Min Lee, Choung Wan Son, Seok Young Shin, Ju Hyun Nam, Sung Yop Lee, Kwang Min Won
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Patent number: 8752442Abstract: A multi-clutch power shift transmission for a motor vehicle with at least one prime mover is provided, where a shaft brake unit is arranged to reduce the rotational speed of one of two input shafts, and a central synchronizing unit is arranged to make a first of the input shafts rotate faster or slower than a second of the input shafts. The shaft brake unit and the central synchronizing unit are arranged to be simultaneously activated in order to reduce rotating speeds prior to the engagement of tooth clutches when the output shaft is not rotating. The input shaft brake unit is arranged to be used when performing a multi-step power shift.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Volvo Lastvagner ABInventors: Anders Hedman, Lars Zettergren
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Patent number: 8752444Abstract: An electro-hydraulic control apparatus for a motor-vehicle transmission having at least five forward gears and one reverse gear, including first, second and third shift forks, each movable in at least one engagement position to engage a respective gear, first, second and third hydraulic actuators each arranged to control the movement of a respective shift fork in the respective at least one engagement position, and a slide valve selectively movable into one of at least three operating positions in each of which the slide valve selects a respective hydraulic actuator, wherein a first operating position is an end-of-travel position and corresponds to the selection of the first hydraulic actuator, and wherein a second operating position is also an end-of-travel position and corresponds to the selection of the second hydraulic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile Per AzioniInventors: Marco Garabello, Giancarlo Osella, Attilio Porta, Gianluigi Pregnolato, Sara Sottano
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Patent number: 8752443Abstract: A gear selector apparatus for a transmission having a first gear and a second gear selectively engageable to a shaft through a synchronizer. The gear selector apparatus includes a hydraulic actuator, a gear selection fork engaged with the actuator, a guide bar fixed for common movement to the gear selection fork, a detent mechanism disposed in contact with a first edge of the guide bar, a position sensor disposed in contact with a second edge of the guide bar, a first and a second pressure control valve in communication with the hydraulic actuator, a controller in electrical communication with the position sensor and the first and second pressure control valve. The controller includes a control logic sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, LLCInventors: Shushan Bai, Vijay A. Neelakantan, Paul G. Otanez
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Patent number: 8746099Abstract: A transmission control system to enable smooth engagement of meshing engagement device when establishing a forward gear position by engaging the meshing engagement device and a forward clutch while a vehicle is stationary. For example, when a synchro device is operated so as to establish a predetermined forward gear position, it becomes difficult to smoothly couple a first speed drive gear to the input shaft by the synchro device. However, temporarily engaging a reverse clutch during the process of operation of the synchro device allows a reverse torque to act on the first speed drive gear to apply torsion to a power transmission path between the first speed drive gear and a driven wheel. Furthermore, a repulsive force is applied and generates backlash between the synchro device and the first speed drive gear, thus enabling smooth operation of the synchro device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ikuo Ohmori
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Patent number: 8746098Abstract: A gear shifting device for shifting gears of a transmission includes: at least one guide rail each extending in a longitudinal axis; a plurality of shift effecting members configured to move a plurality of corresponding sliding sleeves coupled to the guide rail for shifting gears, the shift effecting members each having a terminal end portion with a finger receiving opening formed therein, the finger receiving opening extending in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail; and a shift shaft extending in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide rail, the shift shaft having a shift finger coupled thereto. The shift shaft is rotatable to pivotally position the shift finger at locations aligned with the finger receiving openings of the shift effecting members, and is also displaceable in the longitudinal direction in the finger receiving openings to move the shift effecting members to effect a gear shifting operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Thomas Bowen, Nam Huh
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Publication number: 20140144267Abstract: A transmission device includes an output shaft, first and second input shafts, a first gear mechanism, a selective fixing device and a connecting and disconnecting device. The second input shaft is coaxially arranged on an outside periphery of the first input shaft. The first gear mechanism couples the first input shaft and the output shaft with a first gear ratio. The first gear mechanism includes an idle gear mounted on one of the first input shaft and the output shaft. The selective fixing device selectively fixes the idle gear to one of the first input shaft and the output shaft. The second gear mechanism couples the second input shaft and the output shaft with a second gear ratio. The connecting and disconnecting device selectively connects and disconnects the second input shaft to the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: AICHI MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Seiji Kaminaga
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Patent number: 8726751Abstract: A method of the rapid filling of a hydraulically actuated multiple-disk shifting element (4) of a motor vehicle transmission (2), in particular a disk clutch (4) of an all-wheel transfer transmission (3). The disk shifting element (4) is filled using a target value (p_soll) for the filling pressure which depends on the motor speed (n_mot). In the event that the motor speed (n_mot) changes during a filling process, the target value (p_soll) for the filling pressure is adapted as a function of the new motor speed (n_mot).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Gerhard Hermann Martin, Wilfrid Eberhard
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Patent number: 8726749Abstract: Disclosed is an exemplary transmission clutch fork position sensor including an elongated bar and a clutch fork slidably engaging the elongated bar. A yoke bar includes a first end coupled to the clutch fork for concurrent movement therewith. A position sensor operably engages the yoke bar, and is operable for detecting a position of the yoke bar.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Mark A. Hirsch, Paul J. Mason, Robert B. Craft
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Patent number: 8726752Abstract: A shift securing device of a manual gearbox that is shifted by a selector shaft disposed axially parallel to the gearbox shafts. The selector shaft slides axially and rotates about the longitudinal axis of the selector shaft and can be selectively coupled to a shift fork guided on a shift rail and/or rocker. An axially fixed and rotatable locking body supports locking elements for form-locking the uncoupled shift rail and/or rocker. The locking body is a box frame having two transverse and two longitudinal members. The transverse members have bearing holes in which the selector shaft is accommodated in an axially movable manner. The locking body is rotationally fixed to the selector shaft by a carrier that engages in one of the longitudinal members in a form-locking manner. The locking body is fixed to the housing by an axial bearing disposed on a transverse member.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Uwe Beer
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Patent number: 8726750Abstract: A mechanism for actuating a shifting element. A first shifting element half of a brake is axially fixedly connected to a drive machine output shaft, which, when rotational movement of the output shaft equals the disengaging movement of the shifting element, is rotationally fixed to the output shaft. In the event of an engaging force, opposite the disengaging movement of the shifting element, an axial force acts on the output shaft, such that the first shifting element half frictionally engages with an axially and rotationally fixed second shifting element half. In the event of a disengaging force that acts in the disengaging direction of the shifting element, an axial force acts on the motor output shaft such that the first shifting element half of the brake is moved out of frictional engagement with the second shifting element half.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Detlef Baasch, Ulrich Mair
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Publication number: 20140130625Abstract: A method for testing a transmission, in particular a double clutch transmission, is provided. A torque is introduced into the transmission by means of a drive unit that is external relative to the transmission, and the transmission is switched to an operating state in which an internal component of the transmission functions as a brake in order to simulate an output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP SYSTEM ENGINEERING GMBHInventor: Ingo DEWITZ
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Patent number: 8720291Abstract: An automatic multi-speed gear system including an input axle, a first arm configured to couple with the input axle allowing for independent rotational movement of the input axle along the input axle axis, a first axle configured to couple with the first arm allowing for independent rotational movement of the first axle along a first axle axis, a second arm configured to couple with the first axle allowing for independent rotational movement of the first axle along the first axle axis, a second axle configured to couple with the second arm allowing for independent rotational movement of the second axle along a second axle axis, and an output axle. The first arm and the second arm are configured to move from a high-speed misalignment position to a low-speed alignment position where the second axle orbits the first axle.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Inventor: Samir Moufawad
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Publication number: 20140123794Abstract: A shifting device including at least one coupling device, a shaft, a sliding sleeve-of the coupling device which is arranged in an axially moveable and rotationally fixed manner on the shaft and an actuator arrangement of the coupling device for axially moving the sliding sleeve. At least one coupling toothing is associated with the coupling element which can rotate about a rotational axis with respect to the shaft and a counter toothing corresponding to the coupling toothing is associated with the sliding sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner. At least one annular actuator element of the actuator arrangement surrounds the periphery of the sliding sleeve about the rotational axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Tomas Smetana
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Patent number: 8714041Abstract: A transmission that is able to perform shift operation and select operation using the driving force of a single electric motor is provided. A shift/select actuating device includes: an electric motor; a first conversion mechanism; a second conversion mechanism; and a changing unit that changes a destination, to which the rotational driving force of the electric motor is transmitted, between the first conversion mechanism and the second conversion mechanism. The changing unit includes: a first electromagnetic clutch that transmits the rotational driving force of the electric motor to the first conversion mechanism or interrupts the rotational driving force; and a second electromagnetic clutch that transmits the rotational driving force to the second conversion mechanism or interrupts the rotational driving force.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Yukitake, Akiyoshi Tashiro, Hiroki Kagawa, Takafumi Uemoto
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Patent number: 8707814Abstract: A shift mechanism that provides a shift mechanism for enabling smooth gear shifting by a transmission, and a vehicle equipped therewith. With this mechanism, a shift drum, to which shift forks are connected via grooves on an outer periphery, is held every predetermined rotation angle. When differences are produced in the degree of rotation between a third rotating member that rotates by motor rotation and a second rotating member that rotates in accordance with the third rotating member, bias is accumulated in a torsion spring. Bias that is accumulated is released when the rotation angle of the third rotating member equals or exceeds a predetermined angle of rotation, rotating a first rotating member via a second rotating member, and rotating the shift drum quickly.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsushi Saitoh
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Patent number: 8701517Abstract: A method for gear shifting a dual clutch transmission from an initial gear into a target gear and a respective dual clutch transmission are described. The dual clutch transmission comprises a first partial transmission and a second partial transmission. When shifting from an initial gear into a target gear which are both allocated to the first partial transmission, gears are shifted at least for a short time period into the support gear prior to gear shifting from the support gear into the target gear. A process of an uninterrupted reduction of the transmitted clutch torque down to zero at a first clutch allocated to the initial gear is started prior to starting a process of closing the second clutch allocated to the support gear.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Getrag Ford TransmissionsInventors: Marco Siebigteroth, Klaus Luig, Axel Prenger-Berninghoff
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Patent number: 8701515Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle with a clutch device on the input side. The drive assembly includes a transmission having input and output shafts, loose and fixed gearwheels, shifting devices for coupling the loose gearwheels to the transmission shafts, a power take-off (PTO) gearwheel that can be driven by the input of the clutch device, and a PTO clutch for engaging the PTO gearwheel in the torque flow. The PTO clutch is arranged in the torque flow after and axially adjacent a starting and shifting clutch. The clutch device comprises the starting and shifting clutch, the PTO clutch and two actuators. The starting and shifting clutch is a friction clutch and the PTO clutch is a claw clutch. The two clutches have a clutch cover and a common actuator housing, and the coupling device of the PTO clutch is arranged radially outside the clutch cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Bernard Hunold, Eckhardt Lubke
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Patent number: 8701516Abstract: A sleeve stroke SSt of a specific sleeve is gradually increased from “0” (after t1) in a state in which a vehicle is stopped, a transmission is in a neutral state (all sleeve strokes SSt=0 (original position)), a clutch is in a disengaged state (clutch stroke CSt=0 (original position)), and an engine is operating (engine rotational speed NE>0). Upon determination that the sleeve stroke SSt has reached a predetermined value A, at which synchronization operation of a corresponding synchronization mechanism is performed, the sleeve stroke SSt is fixed to the predetermined value A, and an operation of increasing the clutch stroke CSt from “0” in a press engagement direction is started (time t2). An engagement start point CStlearn of the clutch is obtained based on a change in the rotational speed Ni of an input shaft Ai of the transmission after that (time t3).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Aisin AI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Toyoda, Takeshige Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8689654Abstract: In an hydraulic pressure supply apparatus for a transmission, it is configured to have a first hydraulic control valve supplying signal pressure to a pressure regulation port of a regulator valve that regulates discharged pressure discharged from a hydraulic pump to line pressure; a second hydraulic control valve regulating the line pressure and supply it to a lockup clutch; a connecting section connecting a hydraulic passage connecting the first hydraulic control valve and the pressure regulation port with a hydraulic passage connected to an output port of the second hydraulic control valve; and a selecting mechanism installed at the connecting section to select higher pressure between output pressures of the first and second hydraulic control valves such that the selected one acts on the pressure regulation port.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventor: Noriyuki Yagi
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Publication number: 20140090500Abstract: A shifting device for a transmission unit, in particular for a vehicle which is operated by muscle force is disclosed. The shifting device has a first partial transmission and a second partial transmission, which are connected in series for power transmission. The first partial transmission has a shaft, which is formed as a hollow shaft and on which a plurality of loose wheels is mounted which form a corresponding plurality of gearwheels wheel pairs of the first partial transmission. The loose wheels can be connected to the shaft by means of selecting devices in order to form different gear stages of the first partial transmission, wherein the selecting devices can be actuated by a camshaft arranged in the shaft. The selecting devices of the first partial transmission are designed as selectable free-running clutches and the second partial transmission has a plurality of selectable gear stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Michael Schmitz, Christoph Lermen
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Publication number: 20140090499Abstract: A compound transmission shift mechanism is disclosed. The shift mechanism includes a plurality of gears configured on at least one transmission shaft with at least one synchronizer configured to engage at least two of the plurality of gears. The shift mechanism includes a control system configured to engage and position the synchronizer into alignment with the at least two of the plurality of gears. Additionally, the shift mechanism includes at least one damping assembly configured on the control system and operatively connected to the synchronizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventor: Josevaldo Roberto Fernandez
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Patent number: 8683885Abstract: In a friction drive transmission apparatus arranged to transmit power by a frictional transmission force between two roller units pressed against each other, there is provided a pressing force imparting means to increase and decrease a pressing force imparted to a roller pair to vary the frictional transmission force between both roller units smoothly at the time of a shift.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140083218Abstract: The transmission includes a case, a rotation shaft rotatably supported on the case, a speed change gear rotatably supported on the rotation shaft, fork shaft movable in an axial direction in response to the shift operation, a connecting member for changing over a connection condition of the speed change gear between a connected condition with the rotation shaft and a disconnected condition from the rotation shaft in response to an axial position of the fork shaft, a parking gear fixed to the rotation shaft, a detent member movable between a detent position where the rotation of the parking gear is restricted and a detent released position where the rotation of the parking gear is allowed and a cam member for moving the detent member to the detent position or to the detent released position in response to the axial position of the fork shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Aisin Ai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Fukaya, Masaki Kawamoto, Shiro Ogami, Norio Kayukawa, Hiroyuki Kato
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Publication number: 20140076079Abstract: A gear change device for a motor vehicle has a braking member for stopping a rotation of a primary shaft before engagement of a reverse gear. The braking member includes a lever pivotally mounted on a gearbox about a separate axis with respect to axes of the primary and secondary shafts of the gear change device. The braking lever is controlled by an electrically-driven actuator by a pusher member displaceable by the actuator in a direction substantially tangential with respect to the primary shaft, towards an operative position in which it interposes with a wedge-like action between the braking lever and a fixed abutment wall, so as to press the brake pad against a cooperating part which is connected in rotation with the primary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco GARABELLO, Gianluigi PREGNOLATO, Valter PASTORELLO, Andrea PIAZZA
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Patent number: 8671790Abstract: Transmission mechanism housing (1) of the type including two half-shells (1A, 1B) that can be assembled generally via a parting line, this housing (1) accommodating at least one control member (2) moved angularly with the aid of a lever (3) outside the housing (1), the lever (3) including a sleeve (4) that can be inserted removably into a receiving bearing (5) of the housing (1), the sleeve (4) being capable, in the state in which it is inserted into the receiving bearing (5), of being held in at least one predetermined axial position by locking elements (6A, 6B). The locking elements (6A, 6B) are configured in order to travel from the locked position to the unlocked position, and vice versa, by simple relative rotary movement of the sleeve (4) and of the bearing (5) about the longitudinal axis of the sleeve (4).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: France ReducteursInventor: Robert Blanchard
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Patent number: 8667857Abstract: In a control arrangement for an automated gear shift transmission, particularly a dual clutch transmission, which provides for a plurality of functionalities with a relatively small number of slides and control valves, a first gear slide, which is assigned to a first shift device and by means of which an actuation pressure can be applied to the first shift device, has a first and a second supply input for the first and second movement direction of the piston. A supply pressure slide, by means of which a supply pressure can be directed to the gear slide, has first and second supply outputs, which are respectively connected to the first and second supply inputs of the gear slide. The supply pressure slide is designed in such a manner that it can direct a supply pressure optionally to one of the two supply outputs.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Daimler AGInventor: Markus Brandenburg
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Publication number: 20140053671Abstract: A shift drive mechanism in which a special constant-meshing-type multi-speed transmission can be applied to a transmission case of a constant-meshing-type multi-speed transmission of a general type. In a shift drive mechanism of a multi-speed transmission where the transmission is configured such that a control rod is movable in the axial direction on a hollow-shaft center axis of a gear shaft formed in a hollow shape so that an engagement changeover mechanism is driven to perform a gear shift, and a shift pin, which is guided by a shift drum provided near a periphery of the gear shaft, moves the control rod in the axial direction, an intermittent drive mechanism intermittently rotates the shift drum for every position of each gear speed by transmitting the reciprocating rotation of a shift spindle, which is connected to a gear shift operating member, is arranged between the shift spindle and the shift drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinya Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20140051543Abstract: A method of performing a double swap kickdown shift in a transmission having a main box and a compounder. The compounder is shifted during the hold speed phase of the downshift. The target ratio for the downshift is overshot by an overshoot RPM.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Chrysler Group LLCInventors: Hussein Dourra, Javed Dada
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Publication number: 20140041471Abstract: Disclosed are power machines, and drive systems for use thereon, as well as methods of providing automatic gear shifting. The drive system includes a controller configured to implement automatic gear shifting. Gear engagement is determined following a gear shift, and a drive pump or other drive system components is automatically controlled to rotate a gearbox gear in first and second directions until the gear is properly engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Clark Equipment CompanyInventors: Nathalie LeBeuze, Allen C. Olheiser
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Publication number: 20140033844Abstract: Step-variable transmission for a motor vehicle. The transmission has a gearbox inlet, which can be connected to a drive motor, and has a gearbox outlet, which can be connected to a driven axle of the motor vehicle. The step-variable transmission is designed for establishing at least a first gear and a further gear. Power in the first gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a first clutch arrangement. Power in the further gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a second clutch arrangement. The second clutch arrangement comprises a powershift clutch. The first clutch arrangement comprises an overrunning clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KGInventors: Stefan Rothvoss, Jochen Bausch, Guenter Ruehle
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Patent number: 8645031Abstract: An apparatus for connection to a transmission actuator of an engine transmission includes sensors for sensing transmission shifting positions of a shifting device. An interface transfers the evaluation signals of the sensors to the control electronics of the transmission actuator. The sensors are arranged such that their spacing from the interface (2) is smaller than the spacing between the interface and the sensed shifting device.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2007Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: WABCO GmbHInventors: Christian Brammer, Mike Heurich, Reiner Hölscher, Andreas Sievers, Tino Wiggers
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Patent number: 8635926Abstract: The present invention provides a system for controlling a vehicle comprising a prime mover, a first sensor, a transmission, a second sensor, and a transmission controller. The first sensor outputs a first signal that indicates a speed of an input shaft of the transmission and the second sensor outputs a second signal that indicates a speed of the prime mover. The transmission controller includes control logics that control the transmission using the first signal, perform a diagnostic check on the first sensor, determining whether the diagnostic check of the second control logic indicates that the first sensor meets a predefined performance characteristic, instruct the transmission controller to use the second signal of the second sensor to control the transmission if the third control logic indicates that the first sensor does not meet the predefined performance characteristic, and control the transmission using the second signal of the second sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: Jesse B. Bradley
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Patent number: 8635925Abstract: An embodiment provides a shift inhibitor apparatus for a multiple speed transmission main section. The transmission includes an input shaft and an output shaft The transmission main section has a plurality of selectively engageable ratios. The transmission also has a range section shiftable between a range high ratio and a range low ratio. The shift inhibitor includes an interlock moveable between a locked condition and a released condition, wherein the interlock selectively prevents a gear shift in the transmission main section. The shift inhibitor also includes a range sensor valve. The range sensor valve selectively detects a range shift of the range section. The range sensor valve selectively causes the interlock to be positioned in the released condition upon detection of a completed range shift. The interlock is selectively positioned by a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Kurt Gerlofs, Dave Stevens, Mark Hirsch, Charles Bradley, Michael J. Huggins
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Publication number: 20140013882Abstract: A transmission unit of a motor vehicle, with a transmission having a transmission shaft and with an electric motor that is coupled thereto in an axial direction and that has a stator and that has a rotor arranged on a motor shaft and that is bearingless on the A-side. The electric motor includes an end plate on the B-side, and the stator is located at least partly inside a housing of the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Joachim BAUMGARTNER, Dominik FUELLER, Christoph OTTO, Martin PONDELEK
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Publication number: 20140007721Abstract: This manual transmission includes a connection changeover mechanism which changes the state of connection between the output shaft Am of a motor and the output shaft Ao of a transmission in accordance with a gear stage established by a driver's shift lever operation. When a gear stage for low speed travel is established, a power transmission system is established between the shafts Ao and Am, and the motor speed reduction ratio is set to a first speed reduction ratio. When a gear stage for intermediate speed travel is established, a power transmission system is established between the shafts Ao and Am, and the motor speed reduction ratio is set to a second speed reduction ratio. When a gear stage for high speed travel is established, no power transmission system is established between the shafts Ao and Am.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Osuka, Yuki Masui, Toshio Tanba
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Publication number: 20140000396Abstract: A solenoid assembly for an automatic transmission according to one embodiment includes a monolithic bushing coupled to a coil assembly; a plunger received in an inner channel of the bushing; and a variable force valve being selectively actuated by the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Bob Singh Sanghera
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Patent number: 8616079Abstract: A shift switching control device of a vehicle including a shift switching mechanism that electrically switches a shift position of an automatic transmission with activation of a step motor based on an operation signal indicative of an operating state of an operating device for switching a shift position of the automatic transmission, wherein if a first shift switching control is provided that is determined in advance as shift position switching control giving higher priority to higher output of the step motor rather than responsiveness of switching of a shift position, the shift switching control device of a vehicle drives the step motor in a one-two-phase excitation mode and sets a rotation speed of the step motor to a predetermined first rotation speed, and wherein if a second shift switching control is provided that is determined in advance as shift position switching control giving higher priority to responsiveness of switching of a shift position rather than higher output of the step motor, the shift swiType: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Nozaki, Naoki Itazu
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Publication number: 20130327170Abstract: An automatic manual transmission for a car provided with an internal combustion engine, the automatic manual transmission having: a mechanical gearbox provided with at least one primary shaft, at least one secondary shaft, a plurality of pairs of gears and a plurality of locking devices, actuated by first actuators, a variable ratio transmission device, which is arranged upstream of the primary shaft and is adjustable to have two different transmission ratios: a first unitary direct drive transmission ratio and a second multiplying transmission ratio, and a second actuator, which is coupled to the transmission device to vary the transmission ratio of the transmission device itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Franco Cimatti
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Patent number: 8601893Abstract: A transmission device (1) including at least one shift element (3, 4) that can be actuated via an actuator (6) having at least one electrical component (5). The electrical component (5) is connected to a transmission shaft (7), rotates during operation at the rotational speed of the transmission shaft (7), and is operatively connected to further components of the transmission device (1), via an electrical transmitting device (8). Electrical energy can be exchanged, at the least, inductively via the transmitting device (8) between the components of the transmission device (1) and the at least one electrical component (5) connected to the transmission shaft (7). Hydraulic actuating pressure can be generated, via the electrical component (5), for actuating the shift element (3, 4).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Matthias Reisch, Mark Mohr
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Patent number: 8596156Abstract: A transmission system (14) comprising an input shaft (112); a first clutch (114) configured to selectively couple a first gear (116) to the input shaft (112); an output shaft (126); a second gear (138) engaging with the first gear (116), —and a second clutch (136) configured to couple the second gear (138) to the output shaft (126) when the first gear (116) rotates the second gear (138) faster than the output shaft (126).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Inventors: Robert David Clark, Chenyao Chen, Robert Lee Chess
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Patent number: 8600635Abstract: When a select lever is in a drive range, a microcomputer reads a value of an output voltage by a switch-operation-signal output circuit after detecting that both shift-up switch and shift-down switch are substantially simultaneously turned on, checks whether or not the output voltage by the switch-operation-signal output circuit is the output voltage indicating that the switch after a predetermined time has elapsed is in a normal condition, and only when the output voltage is such an output voltage, permits a manual mode of an automatic transmission and when the output voltage is not such an output voltage, cancels the manual mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Wakita, Yoshiyuki Nagayama
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Patent number: 8590684Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a dual clutch transmission includes a plurality of pressure and flow control devices in fluid communication with a plurality of clutch actuators and with a plurality of synchronizer actuators. The clutch actuators are operable to actuate a plurality of torque transmitting devices and the synchronizer actuators are operable to actuate a plurality of synchronizer assemblies. Selective activation of combinations of the pressure control solenoids and the flow control solenoids allows for a pressurized fluid to activate at least one of the clutch actuators and synchronizer actuators in order to shift the transmission into a desired gear ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: John R. Czoykowski, Chinar S. Ghike, James D. Hendrickson, Philip C. Lundberg, Steven P. Moorman, Bret M. Olson
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Patent number: 8590413Abstract: A damping device for a selector shaft, having a damper weight with a damper unit, and having a guide device. The guide device guides the damper weight in a circumferential direction about the pivoting axis of the selector shaft. The damper weight is guided in the circumferential direction so that it is damped by the damper unit. The guide device also guides and/or holds the damper weight rigidly and/or without damping in the radial direction with respect to the pivoting axis. The damper unit is arranged off-center, asymmetrically and/or eccentrically with respect to the pivoting axis, and/or the damper weight and the damper unit form a damping absorber device arranged outside the force transmission path for the shifting and/or selection movement of the selector shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Thomas Nehmeyer
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Patent number: 8584544Abstract: In a method for controlling a gearshift mechanism, the gearshift mechanism having at least one shifting element, a gear release element, a shift actuator and a selector actuator, in which the shifting element is movable by the selector actuator along a selector track, and is movable from the selector track at sites spaced from each other by means of the shift actuator into shift tracks for engagement of a gear, and the gear release element is coupled to the shifting element, so that during engagement of the new gear, it disengages a previously engaged gear, the shifting element, after engagement of a gear, is moved by the shift actuator in the direction toward the selector track into a rest position right in front of the discharge of the shift track into the selector track, in which it remains, until it is moved for engagement of a new gear.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Lars Lein, Jan Gunnar Royland, Ole Andre Gjerpe, Christer Svenkerud, Ole Jonny Waerp, Viggio L. Norum
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Patent number: 8578800Abstract: In a hydraulic control arrangement for an automated shift transmission, in particular a dual clutch transmission in a motor vehicle including a hydraulic control arrangement, the hydraulic control arrangement has a main pump and a controllable additional pump which jointly ensure that oil is supplied to the hydraulic control arrangement. The additional pump can feed into a control channel of a lubricating pressure slide and build up an adjustable lubricating fluid control pressure. The lubricating fluid pressure in the lubricating cooling system is adjusted in a simple and inexpensive manner by lubricating pressure slide changes modifying the lubricating control pressure in the lubricating cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Markus Brandenburg, Benjamin Kemmner, Jörg Schindler
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Patent number: 8578802Abstract: An apparatus for multiplexing gear engagement control in an automatic transmission is provided. At least two friction engagement devices are configured to selectively engage and disengage a different gear ratio of the transmission. A trim system is configured to selectively supply engagement and disengagement pressures to at least one fluid passageway. A first control valve is fluidly coupled directly to the at least one fluid passageway and directly to each of the at least two friction engagement devices. The first control valve is configured to selectively route the engagement and disengagement pressures through the first control valve directly to the at least two friction devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.Inventors: Charles F. Long, Darren J. Weber, John William Edward Fuller
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Patent number: 8567274Abstract: In a control arrangement for an automated gear shift transmission, particularly a dual clutch transmission with a partial transmission having two gears which must not be simultaneously engaged, simultaneous engagement of the two gears of the partial transmission is prevented by a gear actuation system which has a first and a second gear slide wherein a second gear shift control pressure of the second gear slide counteracts the first gear shift control pressure of the first gear slide so that the first gear slide is blocked by the second gear shift control pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Daimler AGInventor: Markus Brandenburg
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Publication number: 20130276565Abstract: A switchable gear in a handheld power tool has at least two gear stages which are to be engaged via an adjustable switching member, the switching member being in a latched position via a retaining element fixedly held against a housing in a first gear stage. Furthermore, a spindle for receiving a tool may be driven via an axially spring-loaded gear wheel, the gear wheel being axially supported on the retaining element on the side opposite the switching member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Joachim HECHT, Heiko ROEHM, Martin KRAUS, Dietmar SAUR