Adaptive control of an automatic transmission
This patent describes a vehicular automatic transmission in which a shift from a first speed ratio to a second speed ratio is carried out through concurrent disengagement of a fluid pressure operated off-going torque transmitting device associated with the first speed ratio and engagement of a fluid pressure operated oncoming torque transmitting device associated with the second speed ratio, a method of automatically shifting the transmission. It comprises disengaging the off-going torque transmitting device by reducing its pre-shift engagement pressure, engaging the on-coming torque transmitting device by supplying it with hydraulic pressure according to a pressure command having a predetermined initial value, and thereafter initiating a closed-loop control of the pressure command based on a predefined pattern of input and output speeds chosen to yield high quality shifting, the pressure command achieving a final value upon completion of the closed-loop control; comparing a difference between the final value of the pressure command and the pressure command at the initiation of the closed-loop control with a threshold to detect an aberration; and if the difference exceeds the threshold, adjusting the predetermined initial value by an amount which is a function of the difference so that on the next shift the pressure command will have an initial value which is substantially correct for achieving the predefined pattern of input and output speeds.
- Assignee:
- General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5072390; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-456904
- OSTI ID:
- 5705197
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 26 Dec 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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