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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152689 | Drive train as well as a method of operating a hydraulic pump of a drive train A method of operating a hydraulic pump of a drive train of a motor vehicle having a transmission with a hydrodynamic torque converter and a engine, with the input speed of the hydraulic pump being adjusted depending on the speed of the engine. The input speed of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137238 | Gearshift controller for industrial vehicle A gearshift controller for an industrial vehicle, includes: a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio of speeds of an input axis and of an output axis of a torque converter; a gearshift control unit that shifts up a speed stage when the detected speed ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7351175 | Drive train for a motor vehicle A drive train for a motor vehicle includes a coupling device between a drive unit and a transmission for torque or moment transfer between the drive unit and the transmission. The coupling device has at least one coupling arrangement that can be activated by a press... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338407 | Reduced engine load at stop apparatus and method Provided is an apparatus to enable a torque transmitting mechanism within an automatically shiftable power transmission to disengage at vehicle stop such that the slip within a fluid drive device is reduced. When vehicle movement is required a main pressure regulato... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328094 | Vehicle take-off control apparatus and method A take-off control apparatus and method is provided for a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having an apply element that is applied when the vehicle takes off from a standstill, which executes a neutral control that releases the apply element when the ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287630 | Torque converter with lockup clutch A torque converter with a lockup clutch includes a fluid passage into which flows operation oil supplied from a converter chamber, which is surrounded by the pump impeller and the turbine runner, to a lockup chamber in which engagement and disengagement of the locku... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278953 | Transmission shift control method A method is provided for shifting a powershift transmission in a vehicle having an electronic engine control unit and an electronic transmission control unit. The method rapidly reduces off-going clutch pressure to a pressure which is slightly higher than a Predicte... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7225907 | Hydraulic pressure control system A hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission is comprised of an engagement element engaged when the vehicle runs and a first engagement control actuator controlling the engagement element by supplying the controlled hydraulic pressure to the eng... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204786 | Hydraulic pressure characteristic value setting method for automatic transmission A hydraulic pressure characteristic value setting method for an automatic transmission comprises processes; disengaging one of friction engaging elements, transmitting turbine rotation to one side of each of the friction engaging elements, securing the other side of... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7149616 | Control apparatus and method for vehicle A control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having an apply element that is applied when the vehicle takes off from a standstill, which executes a neutral control which releases the apply element when the automatic transmission is in a ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146264 | Method and system for controlling an automatic transmission using a GPS assist having a learn mode A method and system for controlling an automatic transmission is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining positioning data using a global positioning satellite (GPS) and monitoring the automatic transmission to obtain transmission data. The method and syst... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090614 | Automatic transmission and method for determining hydraulic pressure characteristics value for automatic transmission An automatic transmission includes a plurality of frictional engagement elements for constructing plural shift stages with combinations of engagement and disengagement thereof, a control portion for controlling the engagement and the disengagement of the frictional ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072762 | Evaluation system for vehicle operating conditions and evaluation method thereof The evaluation system for vehicle operating conditions comprises an automatic control device (10, 27) for setting target vehicle operating conditions and controlling the vehicle so as to achieve the target operating conditions, and a display device (4)... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069767 | Method of determining initial transmission calibration A process for learning the pressure and volume characteristics for a given torque-transmitting mechanism is established on the final assembly line wherein a powertrain incorporating the desired transmission learning is installed within a vehicle. During the test pro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055663 | Hydrodynamic torque converter To be able to determine the torque of a turbine rotor (7) with precision even when a clutch (3) is operated with slippage, a rotation speed sensor (13) determines the speed of a pump impeller wheel (2) and a rotation speed sensor determin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7000602 | Engine system and fuel vapor purging system with cylinder deactivation Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959239 | Transmission and torque converter cooling control A control system that generates one of a normal mode and a hot mode signal to control operation of a transmission includes a calculator that calculates a predicted temperature of a torque converter and a comparator that compares the predicted temperature to a thresh... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942597 | Lockup control or torque converter An engaging force of a pump impeller (1a) connected to an engine (21) and a turbine runner (1b) connected to an automatic transmission (23) is controlled by a controller (5). The controller (5) determines a tar... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6915681 | Gear-shift control device and gear-shift control method for automatic transmission An ECT-ECU includes a circuit that calculates an oil temperature threshold on the basis of a signal input from one of an engine coolant temperature sensor, an engine intake air temperature sensor, and an AT hydraulic fluid temperature sensor if a signal for starting... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6709363 | Engine restart and vehicle start control apparatus in transmission unit A transmission unit is composed of an engine E, a torque converter TC, and an automatic transmission TM. The engine restart and vehicle start control apparatus comprises an electromagnetic valve capable of calculating the pump impeller suction torque of the torque c... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6146309 | System and method for preventing overheat of torque converter A torque converter automatic transmission of a motor vehicle is equipped with an overheat prevention system of the torque converter. The system comprises a first unit which detects the temperature of a hydraulic fluid in an oil pan of the transmission; a ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5921884 | Control system for automatic transmission A control system for an automatic transmission includes a clutch for transmitting the rotation of a fluid transmission unit to a speed change mechanism of a transmission and a hydraulic servo for applying/releasing the clutch. A stop state detector is pro... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5772557 | Control system for automatic transmission A control system for an automatic transmission, including a frictional engagement element, an adjusted oil pressure producing mechanism for adjusting an oil pressure supplied from an oil pressure source to produce an adjusted oil pressure, a hydraulic ser... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5709629 | Method and apparatus for controlling automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A signal detector is located before an automatic transmission for detecting timing such that torque outputted from a torque converter of the automatic transmission at the moment of upshifting changes from clutch before shift to clutch after shift. A signa... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5685799 | Automatic transmission shift stabilization control A control for an automatic transmission minimizes shift cycling between adjacent speed ratios due to non-ideal load conditions such as grade climbing and trailering. The control utilizes shift schedule data in formulating a determination of the ability of... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5665024 | Method of detecting deterioration of automatic transmission fluid A method of determining the deterioration of automatic transmission fluid by detecting shudder during the EMCC portion of air conditioner clutch engagement. Shudder is detected by calculating the acceleration of the turbine during EMCC slip with the follo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5637052 | Control system for motor vehicles equipped with a torque converter and a lock-up clutch In a control system for controlling motor vehicles in such a manner that the drive force of the vehicle is determined by the accelerator pedal stroke and the vehicle speed, the fuel consumption is minimized by appropriately selecting the gear ratio of the... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5562567 | Shift torque management A motor vehicle having an automatic transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine includes computer based control of powertrain functions including engine torque management and ratio change controls. Shift pressure is scheduled off of the total to... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5349885 | Hydraulic control system for controlling line pressure based on backtorque and throttle rate in an automatic transmission An automatic transmission includes a multi-speed transmission gear mechanism having an input shaft, an output shaft and a plurality of friction coupling elements. A hydraulic control system selectively supplies a hydraulic pressure to the friction couplin... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5292288 | Speed-changing hydraulic oil pressure control apparatus for an automatic transmission of an automobile A speed-changing hydraulic oil pressure control apparatus for controlling speed-changing hydraulic oil pressure according to a transition state of the speed change in an automatic transmission. The controllability is improved by detecting in advance the t... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5211079 | Method of adaptive control for closed throttle downshift in an automatic transmission In an automatic transmission, clutch-to-clutch closed throttle downshifting is controlled by filling the on-coming clutch at a maximum pressure command for a set period while commanding the off-going clutch pressure to a low value and exhausting the off-g... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5069084 | Control system for an automatic transmission in an automotive vehicle A control system for an automatic transmission in an automotive vehicle selects an appropriate shift pattern in compliance with the temperature of hydraulic oil contained in a torque converter of the automatic transmission. The control system includes a t... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5018408 | Control systems for power trains provided in vehicles A control system for a power train provided in a vehicle to include an engine which has an engine output adjusting device, such as a throttle valve, controlled through an electric actuator in accordance with a controlled variable on an accelerator and an ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5014575 | Control systems for automatic transmissions A control system for an automatic transmission employed in a vehicle comprises first and second engaging friction elements provided in the automatic transmission for giving rise to speed change, an operating oil pressure control device for applying operat... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5014573 | Double transition upshift control in an automatic transmission In an automatic transmission, a double transition upshift to a target range requires the release of two off-going clutches and the engagement of two on-coming clutches. The shift is made in two stages. The first stage involves a first off-going clutch and... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4977797 | Method of shift control in an automatic transmission A method of shift control in an automatic transmission having a torque converter and a shift-gear mechanism, wherein a shift map has a shift-up line and a shift-down line between each gear ratio change which is used to conduct the shift control, with a hy... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4947329 | Method of determining the acceleration of a turbine in an automatic transmission A method wherein a controller is programmed to determine the acceleration of the turbine in the torque converter to control transmission operation during a shift or gear change by counting the number of teeth during a predetermined cycle and dividing that... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4896565 | Process for the gear change of the automatic transmission of motor vehicles controlled with an electrohydraulic valve system A process for controlling an automatic transmission wherein engine speed and output speed are measured and the slip conditions are derived therefrom. When conditions of downshift occur, as determined by excessively high slip and/or excessively low speed, ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4846765 | System for controlling the pressure of oil for a continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission has a torque converter with a lockup clutch. A high pressure oil pump is provided adjacent the transmission and a low pressure oil pump is provided adjacent the torque converter. A line pressure control valve is provid... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4836055 | System for controlling a line pressure in an automatic transmission for motor vehicles A system for controlling line pressure has a line pressure calculator for producing a line pressure signal in response to load on an engine and vehicle speed, a control signal generator responsive to the line pressure signal for producing a control signal... | 06/06/1989 |
