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Control system for continuously variable transmission

US4829433A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateOct 6, 1986
Grant dateMay 9, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2061/66281
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control system for a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle, includes a hydraulically operable driver pulley, a follower pulley, a transmission V-belt tensioned between the driver and follower pulleys, and means, including a shift actuator and a shift control valve, for hydraulically controlling a reduction ratio between the driver and follower pulleys. In order to provide inproved shift response of the transmission upon depressing an accelerator pedal after a quick brake state of a vehicle where the vehicle wheels are locked, a position of a movable conical disk of the driver pulley which it would assume after initiation of the quick brake state is determined by arithmetic operation, and a shift actuator is driven toward a position thereof corresponding to the position assumed by the driver pulley so that the V-belt is tensioned between the driver and follower pulleys and conditioned to be ready for torque transmission.

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