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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to improve the fuel consumption by maintaining the lock-up clutch as tightly as possible during the down-shift operation, a lock-up clutch control apparatus is provided. The lock-up clutch control apparatus comprises a revolution control device for predicting the number of revolutions of the an input axis of transmission and the number of revolutions of an engine after the speed change before a down-shift operation; a torque converter judgement device for judging the state of the torque converter in terms of whether or not a torque ratio of the torque converter will be in the torque amplification range when the lock-up clutch is turned off, from the number of revolution of the input axis of the transmission and the engine speed obtained by the revolution prediction device; and a control device for turning off the lock-up clutch, if the lock-up clutch before the speed change is in a tight condition, in the case when the judgement device judges that the torque converter will be in the torque amplification range when the lock-up clutch is turned off.