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Revolution controller for a continuously variable transmission
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1989-11-29
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Granted: 1991-05-07
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Expires: 2009-11-29
Abstract
Abstract A continuously variable transmission includes a driving side pulley and a driven side pulley each having a fixed pulley part and having a movable pulley part supported for movement toward and away from the fixed pulley part, the width of a groove between the pulley parts of each pulley being increased and decreased to increase the decrease at each pulley the rotating radius of a belt wound around both of the pulleys to change a belt ratio. A revolution controller for the transmission limits the rate of change of a target number of revolutions for an engine driving the transmission to a rate limit lower than a prescribed rate when the target number of revolutions of the engine specified by a speed change schedule map based on a throttle opening and a vehicle speed is changed during travel of the vehicle.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinori Yamashita
- 👤 Sadayuki Hirano
- 👤 Katsuaki Murano
- 👤 Takumi Tatsumi
- 👤 Hiroaki Yamamoto
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-02 23:14
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H3/00; F16H3/44; F16H3/76; F16H61/00; F16H61/66; F16H61/662; F16H61/66254; F16H61/66259; G; G05; G05D; G05D13/00; G05D13/62
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A revolution controller for a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle, the transmission including a driving side pulley and a driven side pulley each having a fixed pulley part and having a movable pulley part supported for movement toward and away from the fixed pulley part, the width of a groove between the pulley parts of each said pulley being increased and decreased to increase and decrease at each said pulley a rotating radius of a belt wound around both of the pulleys to change a belt ratio, said controller limiting the rate of change of a target number of revolutions for an engine driving said transmission to a rate of change of engine revolution limit lower than a prescribed rate when the target number of revolutions of the engine specified by a speed change schedule map based on a throttle opening and a vehicle speed is changed during travel of the vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A revolution controller for a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle, the transmission including a driving side pulley and a driven side pulley each having a fixed pulley part and having a movable pulley part supported for movement toward and away from the fixed pulley part, the width of a groove between the pulley parts of each said pulley being increased and decreased to increase and decrease at each said pulley a rotating radius of a belt wound around both of the pulleys to change a belt ratio, said controller limiting the rate of change of a target number of revolutions for an engine driving said transmission to a rate of change of engine revolution limit lower than a prescribed rate when the target number of revolutions of the engine specified by a speed change schedule map based on a throttle opening and a vehicle speed is changed during travel of the vehicle.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
83 words
An apparatus comprising: a continuously variable transmission, an engine drivingly coupled to said continuously variable transmission, first means for determining a target number of engine revolutions based on predetermined operating conditions, second means responsive to a change in said target number of revolutions for changing an actual number of revolutions of said engine to conform to said target number of revolutions, said second means including means for preventing a rate of change of said actual number of revolutions from exceeding a rate limit.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
83 words
An apparatus comprising: a continuously variable transmission, an engine drivingly coupled to said continuously variable transmission, first means for determining a target number of engine revolutions based on predetermined operating conditions, second means responsive to a change in said target number of revolutions for changing an actual number of revolutions of said engine to conform to said target number of revolutions, said second means including means for preventing a rate of change of said actual number of revolutions from exceeding a rate limit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 2, including third means for setting said rate limit to a respective predetermined value for each of a plurality of different operating modes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said rate limit has a first value when said actual number of engine revolutions is increasing and a second value where said actual number of engine revolutions is decreasing.
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