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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Yoshio Ito, Toyota, JP;
Yasunari Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Ohta, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyuki Shiiba, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiro Iwatsuki, Toyota, JP;
Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide a shift control apparatus which does not cause a vehicle driver to feel uncomfortable when shift control means resumes normal shift control using a predetermined shift pattern. Where return-to-normal determining means 105 determines that a condition or conditions under which the shift control means 102 resumes shift control using a MEDIUM MODE shift pattern is/are satisfied, return-to-normal permitting means 116 permits the shift control means 102 to resume the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern when an output control member release determining means 108 determines that an accelerator pedal 58 has been released. In this arrangement, the driver does not feel uncomfortable even if the transmission is shifted up immediately after the shift control means 102 resumes the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern.