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Negative torque upshift control

US9188222B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 2014
Grant dateNov 17, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/60
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a prime mover, input clutch, transmission, and controller. The transmission, which is selectively connected to the output shaft via the input clutch, has multiple friction clutches, including respective offgoing and oncoming clutches for a negative torque upshift. The controller includes a torque request module, offgoing clutch module, and oncoming clutch module. The torque request module limits input torque into the transmission during the negative torque upshift. The offgoing control module determines actual offgoing clutch torque capacity of the offgoing clutch, calculates an actual offgoing clutch pressure using the actual offgoing clutch torque capacity, and controls the offgoing clutch through the shift using the actual offgoing clutch pressure. The oncoming control module controls the oncoming clutch through multiple stages of control of the oncoming clutch, including a fill, staging, ramp, and quick-lock stage. Closed-loop pressure correction is provided via PID logic through the inertia and torque shift phases.

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