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Control apparatus for vehicle

US10323745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2015
Grant dateJun 18, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2059/425
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

When a power transmission path of a power transmission system is set to a second power transmission path, a continuously variable transmission is controlled at a speed ratio (γ) that provides a higher vehicle speed in the case where an input shaft angular acceleration (dωi/dt) is small than in the case where the input shaft angular acceleration (dωi/dt) is large. Therefore, it is possible to control the speed ratio (γ) of the continuously variable transmission to a speed ratio (γ) that reflects an inertial loss (Tli) of the continuously variable transmission. The inertial loss (Tli) changes with the input shaft angular acceleration (dωi/dt). Thus, in a vehicle in which the continuously variable transmission and a gear mechanism are provided in parallel with each other between an input shaft and an output shaft, it is possible to appropriately reduce a loss of the idling continuously variable transmission.

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