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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1989
Katsuaki Murano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Sadayuki Hirano, Shizuoka, JP;
Takumi Tatsumi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission has a fixed pulley piece and a movable pulley piece supported on the fixed pulley piece so that the movable pulley piece can be moved toward and away from the fixed pulley piece, the width of a groove between the pieces being increased or decreased by changing hydraulic pressure so that the rotational radius of a belt looped around the pulleys is increased or decreased to vary a belt ratio. A clutch pressure control device includes a hydraulic clutch for which engagement and disengagement is controlled according to various control modes, and a control arrangement which calculates a target clutch pressure with reference to a slip amount of the hydraulic clutch and which feedback controls the target clutch pressure so that the slip amount of the clutch is maintained substantially constant.