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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-0076 ; 192-33 ; 192-331 ;
Abstract
A vehicle automatic transmission including a torque converter having a lock up clutch. A lock up control circuit is provided and has a memory including a first lock up control line for controlling the engagement and release of the lock up clutch when the torque converter turbine speed is close to the pump impeller speed, and a second lock up control line which is drawn along a line wherein the engine output torque is substantially zero so that the lock up clutch is released at a given engine load when the turbine speed is decreased beyond the first lock up control line, or when the turbine speed is increased beyond the second lock up control line.