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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1987
Katsumi Kouno, Susono, JP;
Susumu Okawa, Aichi, JP;
Masami Sugaya, Susono, JP;
Yoshinobu Soga, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic control system for a continuously variable transmission for an automotive vehicle, the transmission having a first and a second variable-diameter pulley provided on respective first and second shafts, a belt connecting the first and second pulleys, and a first and a second hydraulic cylinder for changing effective diameters of the first and second pulleys. The control system includes a shift-control valve receiving a first line pressure from said pressure source to one of the cylinders, while simultaneously permitting a flow of the fluid from the other cylinder. A second pressure line is connected to the shift-control valve to receive therefrom a pressure of the fluid flowing from above-indicated other cylinder. A pressure regulating valve regulates the pressure in the second pressure line, as a second line pressure lower than said first line pressure. The control system further includes at least one one-way by-pass line or restricted by-pass line which connects the second pressure line to at least one of the two cylinders, respectively. Each by-pass line permits a flow of the fluid from the second pressure line to the corresponding cylinder, or a restricted flow of the fluid between the second pressure line and the hydraulic cylinder.