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Automatic transmission control system for automobiles

US5816950A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/60
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic transmission control system including a hydraulic pressure control circuit which supplied locking and unlocking pressure to selectively lock and unlock the selected friction coupling elements so as to change a torque transmission path in the transmission gear mechanism and thereby to provide desired gears, a specific one of which is achieved by locking and unlocking simultaneously specific friction coupling elements.

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