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Lockup control system for automatic transmission

US6139472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1999
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2061/145
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lockup control system controls a lockup state of the automatic transmission employing a torque converter with a lockup clutch. The lockup control system executes a lockup clutch engagement pressure control for decreasing an engagement differential pressure of the lockup clutch at a predetermined differential pressure for a predetermined time period under a coast lockup state. Further, the lockup control system executes a learning control for obtaining the predetermined differential pressure by adding a differential pressure correction value to a differential pressure learning value by which the torque converter generates a slight slip under the coast lockup state. Therefore, even during the coast lockup state, both of suppressing vibrations by a lowering of a lockup capacity and maintaining a responsibility for re-increasing the differential pressure are ensured.

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