Patent application EP18169881A (EP), filed 2018-04-27
Publication number: EP3395635A1
Title: CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
Abstract: [0001]    A control apparatus (100) for a vehicle (10) provided with drive wheels (24), an automatic transmission (14), and a manual shifting device (50) for shifting the automatic transmission, the control apparatus includes an automatic parking control portion (120) configured to implement an automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle in a predetermined parking space, and controls the automatic transmission to be shifted according to a shifting control signal (Psh, Pon) corresponding to an operation of the manual shifting device, the automatic parking control portion (120) comprising a shifting control portion (130) configured to place the automatic transmission (14) in a power-cutoff state (N) in which a vehicle drive force is not transmitted to the drive wheels (24), when the manual shifting device (50) is operated to a position a running direction in which is different from a running direction of the vehicle when the automatic parking control is implemented.
IPC codes: B60W  30/    06            A I
B60W  50/    12            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A control apparatus (100) for a vehicle (10) provided with drive wheels (24), an automatic transmission (14), and a manual shifting device (50) for shifting the automatic transmission, the control apparatus including an automatic parking control portion (120) configured to implement an automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle in a predetermined parking space, and controlling the automatic transmission to be shifted according to a shifting control signal (Psh, Pon) corresponding to an operation of the manual shifting device, the automatic parking control portion (120) comprising:
a shifting control portion (130) configured to place the automatic transmission (14) in a power-cutoff state (N) in which a vehicle drive force is not transmitted to the drive wheels (24), when the manual shifting device (50) is operated to a position in which a running direction is different from a running direction of the vehicle when the automatic parking control is being performed.
number: 2
text: The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shifting control portion (130) is configured to command the automatic transmission (14) to be placed in a running position or a parking position according to the shifting control signal (Psh, Pon) corresponding to the operation of the manual shifting device (46, 48), after the automatic transmission has been placed in the power-cutoff state.
number: 3
text: The control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shifting control portion (130) is configured to control a shifting device (18) including a shift actuator (80) configured to shift the automatic transmission (14), and the automatic parking control portion (120) further comprises a commanding control portion (122) configured to control the shifting control portion,
and wherein the shifting control portion (130) is configured to command the shifting device (18) to place the automatic transmission (14) in a neutral position (N) when the manual shifting device (50) is operated to a shift position for driving the vehicle in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the vehicle during the automatic parking control performed by the automatic parking control portion, the commanding control portion (122) being configured to then cause the shifting control portion (130) to command the shifting device (18) to shift the automatic transmission (14) to a drive position corresponding to the shift position of the manual shifting device, and the shifting control portion being configured to then command the shifting device to shift the automatic transmission to said drive position.
number: 4
text: The control apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the shifting control portion (130) is configured to control a shifting device (18) including a shift actuator (80) configured to shift the automatic transmission (14), and the automatic parking control portion (120) further comprises a commanding control portion (122) configured to control the shifting control portion,
and wherein the shifting control portion (130) is configured to command the shifting device (18) to place the automatic transmission (14) in a neutral position (N) when the manual shifting device (50) is operated from a non-parking position to a parking position (P) during the automatic parking control performed by the automatic parking control portion, the commanding control portion (122) being configured to then cause the shifting control portion (130) to command the shifting device (18) to shift the automatic transmission (14) to a parking position corresponding to the parking position of the manual shifting device, and the shifting control portion being configured to then command the shifting device to shift the automatic transmission to said parking position.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-10-31
Rejection reasons: inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: JPH05272632A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: JPH05272632A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2014024494A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP0037639A2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP0037639
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: JPH05272632
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: US2014024494
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
Final disposition: pending (2018-10-31)