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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1975
Bert Wurst, Moglingen, DT;
Harald Vogt, Schwieberdingen, DT;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DT;
Abstract
To provide for precise shifting of gears in automatic transmissions in dependence on vehicle speed and loading on the engine, a speed signal and a throttle position signal are applied to separate control stages one to control up-shifting and the other to control down-shifting; further, a separate kick-down switch is provided for rapid down-shifting. The control stages are so arranged that up-shifting is commanded in accordance with vehicle operating characteristics, but down-shifting is commanded only with a lag, or hysteresis, with respect to the vehicle speed, to prevent excessive shifting of the transmission. The shift control circuits may be either separate trigger circuits controlling up-shifting and down-shifting of the respective gear ranges, or may be separate networks processing the respective input signals (speed, engine loading) and providing output control signals to a shift control trigger circuit.