Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sadamu Oyaide

Koichi Kato

Yoshimasa Nagayoshi

Ikuo Maruyama

Hisaji Nakamura

Yoichi Furuichi

Yoshihiro Konno

Takeshi Asano

Akio Takada

Tatsuya Shimazaki

Takaki Yamauchi

A method is provided for the control of the state of engagement of a damper clutch arranged in association with a vehicle engine, which has a fuel cut mechanism for suspending a supply of fuel during a decelerated operation, to permit connection between an input member and an output member in a torque converter arranged on an output side of the engine. Upon detection of a decelerated operation of the engine, the damper clutch is controlled to bring the input member and output member into a desired state of engagement. Here, the damper clutch is first released for a predetermined time and is then moved to an engaged side. Next, the damper clutch is feedback-controlled into a desired slip state so that the input member and the output member are allowed to rotate with a desired difference in revolution speed therebetween. A system for practicing the method is also described.

Lockup clutch released then re-engaged during deceleration control method

A control method is provided for an engine for a vehicle. The engine is arranged in association with a fluid coupling having a clutch. According to the control method, the state of engagement of the clutch is first detected. In the next step, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is in a predetermined decelerated operation state. When the clutch has been detected to be in a predetermined state of engagement in the clutch engagement state detection step and in addition, the vehicle has been determined to be in the predetermined decelerated operation state in the decelerated operation state determination step, an output of the engine is increased in the subsequent step.

Control method of vehicle engine arranged in association with fluid

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Okazaki, Japan

Sadamu Oyaide