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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Yuji Hattori, Bisai, JP;
Kenji Matsuo, Toyota, JP;
Hiroji Taniguchi, Toyota, JP;
Katsumi Kono, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideki Yasue, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus is provided in a vehicle equipped with a power source and a continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission is connected to the power source. The control apparatus includes a target power determinator, a target revolutions determinator, a determining device, a setting device and a target torque determinator. The target power determinator determines a target power of the power source. The target revolutions determinator determines target revolutions on the basis of the target power. The determining device determines whether the vehicle is a transient driving condition or not. The setting device sets the target revolutions as setting revolutions when the determining device determines that the vehicle is not in the transient driving condition. The setting device sets revolutions different from the target revolutions as the setting revolutions when the determining device determines that the vehicle is in a transient driving condition. The target torque determinator determines a target output torque of the power source on the basis of the target power and the setting revolutions. Since the vehicle is controlled in accordance with the driving condition of the vehicle, a jerky feeling can be avoided and ride quality or drivability of the vehicle is prevented from being deteriorated, even when the vehicle is in a transient driving condition.