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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1996
Tetsuji Kozaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Tashiro, Nagoya, JP;
Kouichi Aoyama, Kariya, JP;
Masami Fujitsuna, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An automotive automatic transmission has an input shaft receiving a rotational force from an engine, an output shaft for outputting a rotational force to a vehicle driving wheel, a frictional engagement device having an adjustable engagement condition, and a transmission device for transmitting a rotational force from the input shaft to the output shaft at a gear speed ratio depending on the engagement condition of the frictional engagement device. A control apparatus for the automotive automatic transmission includes an engagement condition adjusting device for adjusting the engagement condition of the frictional engagement device by feeding a hydraulic pressure thereto in response to an instructed control amount. The control apparatus also includes a control amount calculating device for calculating the control amount such that a time-domain variation in the control amount is along a curve which corresponds to a monotonic increase and whose variation rate gradually increases, or such that a time-domain variation in the control amount is along a curve which corresponds to a monotonic decrease and whose variation rate gradually decreases.