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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1998
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor vehicle is provided with an automatic transmission including a shift manipulating device having an automatic shift position and a manual shift position, and a shift control device which places the automatic transmission in an optimum gear position when the shift manipulating device is operated to the automatic shift position, and places the transmission in a desired gear position according to a shift command operation by a driver when the shift manipulating device is operated to the manual shift position. The cruise control system includes a target speed setting device which sets a target speed to which a vehicle speed is controlled under constant-speed cruise control, a vehicle speed sensor which detects a vehicle speed, a constant-speed cruise control device which controls an engine of the vehicle so that the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle sensor becomes equal to the target vehicle speed set by the target vehicle speed setting device, and a canceling device which cancels an operation of the constant-speed cruise control device means when the shift manipulating device is operated from the automatic shift position to the manual shift position, and the transmission is shifted to a different gear position, while the vehicle is running under constant-speed cruise control.