Patent classifications
F16H61/12
SHIFT DEVICE AND VEHICULAR MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE
A shift device mounted on a vehicle includes a motor configured to drive, by electric power supplied from a power supply mounted on the vehicle, a shift switching member configured to switch shift positions, a cut-off unit configured to cut off conduction of a power supply line through which the electric power is supplied to the motor, and a drive circuit unit configured to output the electric power to the motor and including a driving switching element configured to execute a switching operation. The shift device is configured to determine an abnormality of the power supply line when a voltage of the power supply line is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, turn off the driving switching element, and cut off the conduction of the power supply line by the cut-off unit.
SHIFT DEVICE AND VEHICULAR MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE
A shift device mounted on a vehicle includes a motor configured to drive, by electric power supplied from a power supply mounted on the vehicle, a shift switching member configured to switch shift positions, a cut-off unit configured to cut off conduction of a power supply line through which the electric power is supplied to the motor, and a drive circuit unit configured to output the electric power to the motor and including a driving switching element configured to execute a switching operation. The shift device is configured to determine an abnormality of the power supply line when a voltage of the power supply line is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, turn off the driving switching element, and cut off the conduction of the power supply line by the cut-off unit.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING GEAR OF TWO-SPEED GEARBOX
A method and a system for controlling a gear of the two-speed gearbox and a vehicle is provided. The method for controlling a gear of a two-speed gearbox includes: determining a first target gear of the gearbox reflecting a current driving demand of a user according to a current vehicle-speed; and performing a gear intervention control of the gearbox based on at least one of the following aspects: position information of a drive gear-lever, a rotation-speed of a drive motor of a vehicle, and gear fault information of the gearbox, to shift the first target gear of the gearbox to a second target gear of the gearbox that matches with real-time operation conditions of the vehicle.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING GEAR OF TWO-SPEED GEARBOX
A method and a system for controlling a gear of the two-speed gearbox and a vehicle is provided. The method for controlling a gear of a two-speed gearbox includes: determining a first target gear of the gearbox reflecting a current driving demand of a user according to a current vehicle-speed; and performing a gear intervention control of the gearbox based on at least one of the following aspects: position information of a drive gear-lever, a rotation-speed of a drive motor of a vehicle, and gear fault information of the gearbox, to shift the first target gear of the gearbox to a second target gear of the gearbox that matches with real-time operation conditions of the vehicle.
TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE
An automated manual transmission, comprising: a transmission control unit, a shift rod movable between a predetermined first position in which it engages a first gear combination of the transmission, a predetermined second position in which it engages a second gear combination of the transmission, and a predetermined neutral position in which it does not engage any gear, an actuator for moving the shift rod between the first position, the second position and the neutral position by applying a fluid pressure acting on the shift rod in response to signals from the transmission control unit, mechanical engagement means for maintaining the first and second positions of the shift rod without applying any fluid pressure by means of the actuator,
wherein the transmission is adapted to maintain the neutral position of the shift rod solely by applying fluid pressure acting on the shift rod.
TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE
An automated manual transmission, comprising: a transmission control unit, a shift rod movable between a predetermined first position in which it engages a first gear combination of the transmission, a predetermined second position in which it engages a second gear combination of the transmission, and a predetermined neutral position in which it does not engage any gear, an actuator for moving the shift rod between the first position, the second position and the neutral position by applying a fluid pressure acting on the shift rod in response to signals from the transmission control unit, mechanical engagement means for maintaining the first and second positions of the shift rod without applying any fluid pressure by means of the actuator,
wherein the transmission is adapted to maintain the neutral position of the shift rod solely by applying fluid pressure acting on the shift rod.
ABNORMALITY MONITORING APPARATUS
An abnormality monitoring apparatus includes a drive circuit unit, a current detection unit, a current cutoff unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The drive circuit unit switches an energization to the motor winding. The current detection unit detects a motor current, which is a current flowing through the motor winding. The current cutoff unit cuts off the motor current. The first control unit has an energization control unit for controlling energization to the motor winding and an energization state notification unit for outputting an energization state signal according to an energization command. The second control unit is provided separately from the first control unit and has an abnormality monitoring unit configured to monitor an abnormality based on a detection value of the current detection unit and an energization state signal so as to perform fail-safe measure according to a monitoring result.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
An apparatus for diagnosing an automatic transmission for detecting abnormality during driving of a vehicle includes a G-sensor configured to measure a vibration signal including a longitudinal vibration signal, a status detection unit configured to obtain the vibration signal of the G-sensor and status data of transmission and engine sensors of the vehicle, and a controller configured to check an operational element for each shifting operation by using a current shift-stage, a target shift-stage, and a shifting time detected as the status data, measure the longitudinal vibration signal of the G-sensor to calculate fluctuation level of the longitudinal vibration signal for each operational element, and determine a shift shock event when a longitudinal vibration signal value after adjustment based on driving acceleration of the vehicle exceeds a reference value.
VEHICULAR DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
A vehicular driving control system and a method for operating the same are provided, may include an information provider to provide information on a front road of a vehicle, a transmission controller to control gear shifting by predicting a condition on the front road based on the information on the front road, and a diagnosing device to diagnose a failure status by verifying matching with the information on the front road, and to restrict a predictive gear-shifting controlling operation of the transmission controller, according to a result of the diagnosing.
Transmission with shift drum, angular sensor outputting rotation of shift drum as output value and control unit correcting output value
A transmission includes a shift drum, an angular sensor, and a control unit. The control unit has reference values of the output values at a first rotation angle and a second rotation angle of the shift drum. The control unit is configured to obtain the output values at the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle as a first output value and a second output value, respectively. The control unit is configured to correct the output value output between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle based on a difference between the first output value and the reference value at the first rotation angle and a difference between the second output value and the reference value at the second rotation angle.