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HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTO TRANSMISSION
20210080000 · 2021-03-18 ·

A hydraulic control device for an auto transmission may include: an oil pump unit configured to supply oil; a line pressure control unit configured to form line pressure using the oil supplied from the oil pump unit; a lubricating pressure control unit configured to form lubricating pressure using the oil passing through the line pressure control unit; a reducing pressure control unit configured to form reducing pressure using the oil passing through the lubricating pressure control unit; a damper control pressure control unit configured to form damper control pressure using the oil supplied from the oil pump unit; a switch unit configured to supply the lubricating pressure or the reducing pressure to a torque converter; a collection unit configured to collect the lubricating pressure; and a retention unit connected to the switch unit, and configured to retain the lubricating pressure of the torque converter.

OIL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

An oil supply system for a vehicle includes a plurality of oil pumps, suction oil passages, and a communication passage. The oil pumps are independently operational. The suction oil passages each connect an associated one of suction portions of the plurality of oil pumps and a common oil strainer. The communication passage connects the suction oil passages.

ACTUATOR AND LUBRICANT SUPPLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
20210010586 · 2021-01-14 ·

A hydraulic actuator can be provided for actuating a functional part by a movement of a force transmission element, with a working piston which can be acted upon by a hydraulic pressure of a pressure supply and is movable thereover between a first extreme position and a second extreme position in a piston/cylinder unit, wherein two chambers separated from one another by the working piston are present and a first chamber is formed as a first working chamber with a pressure inlet and a hydraulic pressure applied to the first pressure inlet urges the working piston in the direction of the first extreme position in order to enlarge the first working chamber.

At least one retaining means is provided which is capable of automatically locking the working piston in one of the extreme positions when this extreme position is reached, even without any hydraulic pressure being applied.

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
20200391743 · 2020-12-17 · ·

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes an input-rotation limiting portion configured, when the vehicle starts running and is accelerated, to calculate an estimated speed value that is a speed value of an input rotational speed of an automatic transmission upon elapse of a predetermined length of time, and to calculate an estimated force value that is a force value of a piston pressing force acting on a piston in a forward direction in a released engagement device upon the elapse of the predetermined length of time, based on a centrifugal hydraulic pressure in a pressure chamber of the released engagement device and the centrifugal hydraulic pressure in a canceller chamber of the released engagement device. When the estimated force value is not smaller than a predetermined threshold, the input-rotation limiting portion restrains an increase of the input rotational speed.

POWER TRAIN DEVICE FOR VEHICLES

A power train device for a vehicle is provided with a selector valve that is switched between a first state in which oil discharged from an electric oil pump is able to be supplied as a hydraulic fluid to an engagement hydraulic chamber of a vehicle-starting frictional engagement element, and a second state in which the oil is able to be supplied as a lubricating oil to the vehicle-starting frictional engagement element through a first lubricating oil supply circuit, depending on a magnitude of a discharge pressure of a mechanical oil pump.

System and method for controlling pump performance in a transmission

A hydraulic system of a transmission having a controller and a variable displacement pump. The pump includes an inlet and outlet and is adapted to be driven by a torque-generating mechanism. The system also includes a lube circuit fluidly coupled to the pump. A lube regulator valve is disposed in the lube circuit, such that the lube regulator valve is configured to move between at least a regulated position and an unregulated position. The regulated position corresponds to a regulated pressure in the lube circuit. A pressure switch is fluidly coupled to the lube regulator valve and configured to move between a first position and a second position, where the switch is disposed in electrical communication with the controller. A solenoid is disposed in electrical communication with the controller and is controllably coupled to the pump to alter the displacement of the pump.

Hydraulic system for a transmission of a motor vehicle

A hydraulic system for a transmission of a motor vehicle, the system having first and second pumps for conveying hydraulic fluid into primary and/or system-pressure circuits so that an intended pressure prevails in the circuits. The system further including liquid retention means preventing a flow of hydraulic fluid conveyed by the second pump from being conducted through the first pump when the first pump is not conveying and the second pump is conveying, and preventing a flow of hydraulic fluid conveyed by the first pump from being conducted through the second pump when the second pump is not conveying and the first pump is conveying. The system additionally including a sailing-mode lubricating valve for controlling, by an open-loop system, a flow rate of hydraulic fluid conveyed by the second pump into the primary and/or secondary system-pressure circuits such that the intended pressure is set in the system-pressure circuits.

SCAVENGING PUMP FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
20200309248 · 2020-10-01 ·

An automatic transmission includes a transmission housing having a sump portion, a main transmission fluid pump arranged at the sump portion, and a recess having a fluid return passage. A torque converter mounted in the recess and a scavenging pump arranged in the sump portion and fluidically connected to the fluid return passage.

Cooling apparatus for rotating electrical machine

A cooling apparatus includes: an intra-axle coolant supply unit supplying coolant into a rotation shaft of a rotating electrical machine; a coolant discharge unit pouring coolant onto the rotating electrical machine, wherein the coolant is conducted in a predetermined distribution ratio to the intra-axle coolant supply unit and the coolant discharge unit; a flow rate adjustment device capable of adjusting a supply flow rate of the coolant; and a control device functioning as: a determination device determining overheating of the rotating electrical machine caused by deviating allocation of the coolant to the intra-axle coolant supply unit in an increase direction as compared to the predetermined distribution ratio; and a recovery device controlling the flow rate adjustment device to implement a recovery operation in which the supply flow rate is decreased and then elevated, when the determination device has determined that the overheating of the rotating electrical machine is occurring.

CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE OIL SUPPLY DEVICE

There is provided a control device for a vehicle oil supply device that includes a mechanical oil pump configured to be rotatable forward and in reverse, an electric oil pump configured to suction oil stored in an oil storage portion that is common to the mechanical oil pump and the electric oil pump, a first filtering member provided to a first strainer of the mechanical oil pump, and a second filtering member provided to second strainer of the electric oil pump. The control device includes a controller configured to control the rotational speed of the electric oil pump. The controller is configured to restrict the rotational speed of the electric oil pump when the mechanical oil pump is rotated in reverse compared to when the mechanical oil pump is rotated forward.