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Diagnostic apparatus for continuously variable transmission

US4698764A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1985
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H61/12
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A diagnostic apparatus for a continuously variable transmission the speed ratio and/or the rate of variation in the speed ratio of which are controlled by a shift-regulating device controlled by command signals from a control system. The diagnostic apparatus, which checks if the speed ratio is normally controlled, comprises: a detecting device for detecting an actual speed ratio and/or an actual rate of variation in the speed ratio; a memory storing data for determining normal ranges of the speed ratio and/or normal ranges of the rate of variation in the speed ratio, the normal ranges corresponding to shifting conditions of the transmission which are established by the shift-regulating device according to the command signals; and a judging device for selecting one of the normal ranges of the speed ratio, and/or one of the normal ranges of the rate of variation in the speed ratio, based on the command signals, the judging device checking whether the detected actual speed ratio and/or the detected actual rate of variation in the speed ratio fall within the selected normal ranges.

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