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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Shin Kitamura, Toyota, JP;
Hironobu Aratake, Kariya, JP;
Norihiro Tsukamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tomohiro Asami, Nisshin, JP;
Hiromasa Takai, Anjo, JP;
Daiki Fukuda, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device including a multi-speed transmission switching gear shift positions in accordance with a combination of hydraulic friction engagement devices operations and pressure control solenoid valves, the control device shifting gears by providing a shift output signal including a quick-apply signal to the valves after a first time from a shift request, the control device has: a pulsation drive control portion to control selectively pulsating the pressure control solenoid valves in a cycle; and a quick-apply control prohibiting portion to prohibit a provision of a quick-apply control using the quick-apply signal for a second time from a time of termination of the pulsation drive control, and to permit the provision of the quick-apply control after the elapse of the second time, for a valve having undergone the control, the pulsation drive control portion to terminate the control for a valve when the shift request is made.