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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1987
Filed:
May. 31, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaoru Sotoyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazutoshi Nobumoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74866 ; 7475 / ;
Abstract
A vehicle automatic transmission including a torque converter and a multiple stage transmission gear mechanism. The gear mechanism is controlled through a hydraulic system having solenoid valves. An electronic control unit is provided to control the hydraulic system under a shift control map having shift up and shift down control lines. The shift down control line is determined in terms of the torque converter turbine speed and the engine throttle valve position as a line passing through points of maximum curvature on iso-engine-output-power lines as functions of the torque converter turbine speed and the engine load.