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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/112 ;
Abstract
A first side-pressure, that is supplied to cylinder of the drive pulley or to cylinder of the driven pulley as pressure determining the transmission torque capacity of continuously variable transmission mechanism , is supplied to a frictional engagement element, where it is used as the working hydraulic fluid pressure. The transmission torque capacity of the frictional engagement element is set to be somewhat lower than the transmission torque capacity of the continuously variable transmission mechanism.