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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1987
Yoshitaka Hibino, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Fukuzawa, Wako, JP;
Hiromitsu Sato, Wako, JP;
Masahiko Asakura, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Totsune, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a neutral state of a transmission gear of a vehicle detects an engine rotational speed, a vehicle speed, and a condition in which the engine output power is transmitted to the transmission gear through a clutch. The apparatus judges that the transmission gear is in the neutral state when a ratio between the engine rotational speed and the vehicle speed is in any one of predetermined ranges. The apparatus also judges that the transmission gear is in the neutral state when a variation of the ratio between the engine rotational speed and the vehicle speed within a predetermined time period is greater than a predetermined value.