Patent ID: 7127961

Claim:
An integrated control module for a dual clutch transmission, said module comprising: a valve body having an inlet and a plurality of outlets with a plurality of internal hydraulic passages formed therebetween, said inlet in fluid communication with a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid; a hydraulic control assembly mounted to said valve body such that said hydraulic control assembly is adapted to operatively control the pressurized hydraulic fluid from said inlet through said plurality of internal hydraulic passages to said plurality of outlets, said hydraulic control assembly including a shift actuation control assembly having a series of actuators adapted to actuate the synchronizers of the transmission, a clutch actuation control assembly having clutch actuation circuits for each clutch adapted to allow the selective and independent engagement and disengagement of each clutch, and a clutch cooling fluid control assembly adapted to control the cooling fluid provided to the clutches of the transmission; and a transmission control assembly that is mounted to said valve body and in electrical communication with said hydraulic control assembly and with a higher level vehicle control system, said transmission control assembly operatively responsive to the higher level control system to provide the requisite control signals to said hydraulic control assembly to control the operative functions of the dual clutch transmission.