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Method for controlling an engine installed with continuously variable transmission

US4569254A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1984
Grant dateFeb 11, 1986
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H61/66
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling an engine using a continuously variable transmission, the method decreases the fuel consumption of the engine in a transient shifting condition. When the operator displaces the accelerator means and the magnitude of the difference between a steady state engine speed, which corresponds to the amount the throttle means of the engine is opened, and a previously detected engine speed differs from a predetermined constant value, the engine speed abruptly increases after a predetermined time elapses and thereafter the engine speed gradually changes to the steady state engine speed. The abrupt increases in the engine speed is a function of a vehicle speed and the amount of the throttle opening.

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