A control device that controls an inverter interposed between a DC power source and an AC rotary electric machine to perform power conversion between DC power and AC power, wherein the inverter includes a plurality of sets of an upper switching element and a lower switching element connected in series with each other between positive and negative electrodes on the DC side and controlled so as to be turned on and off in a complementary manner; and the control device executes short-circuiting processing, in which all the upper switching elements or all the lower switching elements are controlled so as to be turned on, while the AC rotary electric machine is stationary.

A pressurized fluid supply system for a vehicle transmission is provided. The fluid supply system has a pump with at least high and low pressure outputs that supplies high and low pressure components via a directional valve. The pressurized fluid supply system minimizes the parasitic loss upon a vehicle engine.

A hydraulic system (10) for a vehicle is provided. The hydraulic system comprises a shifting mechanism (20) and a pump assembly (30) configured to provide pressurized fluid to said shifting mechanism (20), and an electrical motor (40). The movement of the shifting mechanism (20) controls a valve function which serves to open a connection from the pump assembly (30) to the electrical motor (40).

A hydraulic arrangement for a vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic system path leading to a hydraulic system circuit with a system pressure, a hydraulic lubrication path leading to a hydraulic lubrication circuit with a lubrication pressure, and a branching point connected to an output side of the system and lubrication paths. A variable displacement pump or a pump combination includes at least two fixed displacement pumps hydraulically connected to an input side of the branching point, and a variable displacement pump or at least one fixed displacement pump are hydraulically connected to the output side of the branching point and integrated into the hydraulic system path.

A vane pump sucks the hydraulic fluid from a first inlet port and discharges it into a first outlet port and, at the same time, sucks the hydraulic fluid from a second inlet port and discharges it into a second outlet port, as a rotor having a plurality of slits housing vanes and extending in a radial manner rotates. The vane pump has a first back-pressure groove that is communicated with some of the slits to supply a back pressure from the first outlet port to the corresponding vanes and a second back-pressure groove that is communicated with other of the slits to supply a back pressure from the second outlet port to the corresponding vanes. The vanes to which the back pressure is supplied from the first back-pressure groove include the vanes in pump chambers into which the hydraulic fluid is sucked from the second inlet port.

An abnormality detection device for a hydraulic circuit including an oil pump, a switching unit switching between a fully discharged state and a partial discharge, a pressure regulator, a pressure regulation controller and a hydraulic detector, The device includes: a storage storing a maximum discharge pressure of oil capable of being discharged in the partially discharged state; a switching controller performing control of switching into the fully discharged state; and a determination unit determining that the switching unit has a fixation abnormality of the partially discharged state when a hydraulic pressure approximately corresponds to the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state in a state where a hydraulic pressure higher than the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state is set as a target hydraulic pressure and the pressure regulator is controlled to achieve the target hydraulic pressure after the switching control.

A hydraulic pressure supply apparatus for automatic transmission having a first and a second regulator valves 50, 52 that are installed in a first and a second oil passages 46, 48 that connect a hydraulic pump 44 for pumping and discharging hydraulic oil from a reservoir 42 and a plurality of hydraulic actuators and depressurize the hydraulic oil discharged from the pump to pressure required by the hydraulic actuators, a third and a fourth oil passages 56, 58 that convey discharged hydraulic oil to lubrication system 54 and an ejector 60 having a nozzle 60a connected to one of the third and fourth oil passages and an intake 60b connected to the reservoir 42 such that hydraulic oil merged at a diffuser 60c is conveyed to the lubrication system 54 through a fifth oil passage 62, hydraulic energy generated by the hydraulic pump can be effectively utilized in an automatic transmission having the hydraulic actuators and lubrication system.

A control device for a driving device, the driving device includes a transmission and a hydraulic pressure generating device. The hydraulic pressure generating device includes an oil pump and a first mechanism. The first mechanism is configured to decrease hydraulic pressure of an oil passage connected with the oil pump. The control device includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to control the engine rotational speed to a first rotational speed and maintain vehicle speed by gear shifting, in a case where, while a vehicle is running in a predetermined running state, fuel consumption is smaller when the engine is driven at the first rotational speed, compared to fuel consumption in the predetermined running state, the first rotational speed is a rotational speed at which the hydraulic pressure is decreased, the predetermined miming state being a miming state in which the hydraulic pressure is not decreased.

A hydraulic system for a hybrid module which is located between an engine and a transmission includes a parallel arrangement of a mechanical pump and an electric pump. Each pump is constructed and arranged to deliver oil to other portions of the hydraulic system depending on the operational mode. Three operational modes are described including an electric mode, a transition mode, and a cruise mode. Various monitoring and control features are incorporated into the hydraulic system.

Control system for a continuously variable transmission with a first and a second pair of conical sheaves each with adjustable running radius, in which of each pair at least one sheave (14a, 14b) is coupled to a first and a second hydraulic actuator (20a, 20b) respectively which sets the axial sheave position in dependence of the amount of hydraulic medium supplied thereto, in which the actuators are connected with means to supply and discharge thereto/therefrom respectively, hydraulic medium, and one actuator is connected to a source of hydraulic pressure medium, and in which furthermore the first and second actuator respectively is connected with a first and second control chamber (60, 124) respectively, filled with hydraulic medium and having a variable control volume, in such a way that an increase of the first control volume is coupled to a decrease of the second control volume, and vice versa.