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Control apparatus for continuously variable transmission mounted in automotive vehicle

US5672137A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 1996
Grant dateSep 30, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H61/66227
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a control apparatus for controlling a gear shift ratio of a continuously variable transmission mounted in an automotive vehicle as an automatic power transmission, a gear shift ratio command value is calculated using a control constant corresponding to a dynamic characteristic determined for each instantaneous gear shift ratio of the continuously variable transmission so as to achieve a target gear shift ratio response characteristic. In addition, a disturbance compensator (robust compensator) of a robust type filter is used against a disturbance such as a parameter variation to achieve a gear shift ratio control characteristic that a designer of the control apparatus has desired to achieve in cases where the parameter variation occurs due to a load variation, a change in an environment temperature or deterioration of an oil viscosity in a hydraulic pressure mechanism which creates a pressing force on each of drive and driven pulleys of the continuously variable transmission and where an individual difference in the dynamic characteristic of the continuously variable transmission due to a working and/or assembly accuracy of a power transmission part of the continuously variable …

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