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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1993
Hiroshi Ataka, Asaki, JP;
Tsunefumi Niiyama, Kamifukuoka, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic transmission on an automobile has an input shaft, an output shaft, a plurality of power transmitting paths disposed between the input and output shafts for establishing respective gear positions, and a plurality of engaging elements for selecting one of the power transmitting paths at a time. A shift controller disengages a previous-position engaging element and engages a next-position engaging element to switch from one of the power transmitting paths to another for thereby effecting a shift from a previous gear position to a next gear position. The shift controller provides a plurality of previous-position stages for controlling the previous-position engaging element with respective different characteristics to vary forces to disengage the previous-position engaging element in each of the gear positions, and a plurality of next-position stages for controlling the next-position engaging element with respective different characteristics to vary forces to engage the next-position engaging element in each of the gear positions. The shift controller executes the previous-position stages and the next-position stages to effect a shift between gear positions according to a change in the rotational speed of the input shaft, and executes all or selected ones of the previous-position stages and the next-position stages successively in order.