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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1990
Hiroshi Itoh, Toyota, JP;
Masami Sugaya, Susono, JP;
Yoshinobu Soga, Susono, JP;
Kunio Morisawa, Toyota, JP;
Ryoji Habuchi, Aichi, JP;
Katsumi Kouno, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Hattori, Susono, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic control apparatus for a power transmitting system for an automotive vehicle having a continuously variable transmission which has a first and a second shaft, a pair of variable-diameter pulleys provided on the first and second shafts, a belt connecting the pulleys, and a pair of hydraulic actuators for changing diameters of the pulleys, wherein a tension of the belt is controlled by regulating an actuating pressure in a driven side actuator of the hydraulic actuators which is provided on a driven one of the two shafts. The apparatus includes a pressure regulating valve which has a valve spool for regulating the actuating pressure in the driven side actuator, and a pressure-reducing chamber for receiving a pressure-reducing pilot pressure for biasing the spool for reducing the actuating pressure. The apparatus further includes a pilot pressure generator for generating the pressure-reducing pilot pressure to be applied to the pressure-reducing chamber, when the detected vehicle running speed exceeds a predetermined value.