Interrelated power delivery controls – including engine control – Transmission control – With clutch control
Patent
1993-01-21
1995-05-09
Wright, Dirk
Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control
Transmission control
With clutch control
477 78, F16H 528
Patent
active
054135419
ABSTRACT:
A shift control device for a vehicle's automatic transmission that cannot normally be locked in second gear, but will automatically downshift from second to first gear under predetermined conditions. The shift control device includes a power translator connected to a S-2 shift solenoid of the vehicle, a manual control switch, a frequency-to-voltage converter for receiving a speed signal of the vehicle, and a voltage comparator for comparing a throttle signal of the vehicle and the output from the frequency-to-voltage converter. Without the shift control device, a downshift--in one particular type of transmission--is normally effected when the S-2 shift solenoid is deactivated by the transmission controller. The shift control device is connected to the S-2 shift solenoid in parallel with the transmission controller. When the manual control switch is operated by a user, and the throttle and speed signals are within predetermined ranges, the power transistor will be biased to maintain the S-2 shift solenoid in an activated state independently of the transmission controller to inhibit automatic downshifting.
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Ta Khoi Q.
Wright Dirk
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