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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1990
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a power transmitting system for an automotive vehicle having a continuously variable transmission including an actuating device for controlling a speed ratio thereof, the transmission transmitting power from an engine to drive wheels. The apparatus includes a device for determining a running speed of the vehicle, a device for determining a deceleration value of the vehicle, and a controller for determining a deceleration reference value based on the determined vehicle speed, and according to a predetermined relationship between the determined vehicle speed and the deceleration reference value. If the deceleration value exceeds the reference value, the controller commands the actuating device of the transmission to lower the speed ratio in a rapid shift-down mode.