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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1999
Masaya Tamai, Saitama, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruoka, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Tsuboi, Saitama, JP;
Yasushi Shimizu, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Yamashita, Saitama, JP;
Shunichi Nogami, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hydraulically operated vehicular transmission includes a orifice, a bypass path bypassing the orifice and a switching valve provided in the bypass path. The orifice and bypass path are provided in an hydraulic oil supplying path to a hydraulic pressure coupling element provided in said hydraulically operated vehicular transmission. The switching valve shuts off said bypass path in association with the throttle of an engine at a low opening time when a throttle opening degree is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value and at a high opening time when the throttle opening degree is equal to or higher than a second predetermined value which is higher than the first predetermined value.