A shift range control apparatus is applied to a shift range switching mechanism that includes a rotation member including multiple recesses, and an engagement member that positions the rotation member by engaging to the recesses. The shift range control apparatus controls a motor of a shift actuator connected to the rotation member to switch a shift range. The shift range control apparatus includes a rotation speed detection section that detects an output shaft rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of an output shaft of the shift actuator, and a movement determination section that determines that an engagement portion of the engagement member has relatively moved to a bottom of one of the recesses of the rotation member when the output shaft rotation speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined value during switching of the shift range.

Provided is a method of setting a neutral position of each speed-range shift rail for accurate gear-shifting in a transmission gear actuator. The method includes a reference neutral position determination step of determining a reference neutral position as an absolutely neutral position by reciprocating a shift finger in a free-range shift rail, and a speed-range neutral position determination step of determining a neutral position of each speed-range shift rail by reciprocating a control finger in the speed-range shift rail. Since the neutral position of each speed-range shift rail is set through the above method, it is possible to perform more accurate gear-shifting and prevent incomplete gear engagement by performing the gear-shifting at the neutral position of each speed-range shift rail.

An apparatus and method of transmission control includes a shift lever supported between gear positions P, R, N, D, and a sensor operably connected to a vehicle electrical system for generating a variable signal corresponding to the P, R, N, D gear positions. The electrical system is initially set to control shifting a transmission between P, R, N, and D gear positions based on initial P and D position-indicating signals and interpolated/proportional R and N position-indicated signals. The apparatus and method further include adjusting shifting control for improved shift location accuracy after worn shifter components have mechanically worn or electrically drifted, by determining new P and D gear positions when the shift lever is in component-worn P and D gear positions, respectively, and then calculating new R and N position-indicating signals.

A shift range control device for a shift range switching mechanism that is rotatably coupled with a shift actuator and includes a rotation member having multiple recesses and a locking portion rotationally positioning the rotation member by being locked to one of the multiple recesses, controls a motor of the shift actuator to switch a shift range. The shift range control device includes: an angle acquisition unit that acquires a rotation angle of an output shaft of the shift actuator; a valley position learning unit that performs valley position learning for learning, as a valley position, the rotation angle of the output shaft; and a temperature acquisition unit that acquires an environmental temperature.

A gear-position learning device for an automatic clutch transmission includes a transmission configured to be shifted by an operation of a driver of a vehicle, a clutch device disposed in a transmission path between the transmission and an engine and configured to be connected and disconnected by actuation of a clutch actuator, a controller configured to control connection and disconnection of the clutch device performed by the clutch actuator, a shift drum configured to rotate according to a shift operation that the driver performs on a shift operator and switch the shift stage of the transmission, and a rotational position defining mechanism configured to define a rotational position of the shift drum, wherein the controller has a learning mode for learning a rotation angle of the shift drum and is configured to control connection and disconnection of the clutch device during the learning mode such that the shift drum is at a rotational position determined by the rotational position defining mechanism.

A shift range control apparatus is applied to a shift range switching mechanism that includes a rotation member including multiple recesses, and an engagement member that positions the rotation member by engaging to the recesses. The shift range control apparatus controls a motor of a shift actuator connected to the rotation member to switch a shift range. The shift range control apparatus includes a rotation speed detection section that detects an output shaft rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of an output shaft of the shift actuator, and a movement determination section that determines that an engagement portion of the engagement member has relatively moved to a bottom of one of the recesses of the rotation member when the output shaft rotation speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined value during switching of the shift range.

A continuous variable planetary (CVP) system includes a CVP hub, which includes a shift mechanism including a shift driver element, and a processing server system to calibrate the CVP system and detect errors within the CVP system. The processing server system performs continuously monitoring or obtaining a transmission speed ratio of the CVP hub. Upon detecting that the transmission speed ratio reaches a particular value, the processing server system records a corresponding position of the shift driver. The processing server system calibrates the CVP system based on the particular value, the corresponding position, and a known relationship between transmission speed ratios and positions of the shift mechanism. The processing server system determines or verifies a full underdrive (FUD) position by iteratively reducing a transmission speed ratio from the particular value until an onset of a backlash condition is detected and determines or verifies a full overdrive (FOD) position.

A method for the dynamically expanding play correction according to a method for hysteresis compensation for an actuator and for a shift fork which is movable by this actuator via an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and which guides a gearshift sleeve, by means of a cellular automaton, wherein a torque ripple of the actuator and a mechanical displacement of the gearshift sleeve are compensated independently of one another or in combination by means of a learning algorithm.

A continuous variable planetary (CVP) system includes a CVP hub, which includes a shift mechanism including a shift driver element, and a processing server system to calibrate the CVP system and detect errors within the CVP system. The processing server system performs continuously monitoring or obtaining a transmission speed ratio of the CVP hub. Upon detecting that the transmission speed ratio reaches a particular value, the processing server system records a corresponding position of the shift driver. The processing server system calibrates the CVP system based on the particular value, the corresponding position, and a known relationship between transmission speed ratios and positions of the shift mechanism. The processing server system determines or verifies a full underdrive (FUD) position by iteratively reducing a transmission speed ratio from the particular value until an onset of a backlash condition is detected and determines or verifies a full overdrive (FOD) position.

Provided is a method of setting a neutral position of each speed-range shift rail for accurate gear-shifting in a transmission gear actuator. The method includes a reference neutral position determination step of determining a reference neutral position as an absolutely neutral position by reciprocating a shift finger in a free-range shift rail, and a speed-range neutral position determination step of determining a neutral position of each speed-range shift rail by reciprocating a control finger in the speed-range shift rail. Since the neutral position of each speed-range shift rail is set through the above method, it is possible to perform more accurate gear-shifting and prevent incomplete gear engagement by performing the gear-shifting at the neutral position of each speed-range shift rail.