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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroatsu Endo, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Ozeki, Nissin, JP;
Yukio Kinugasa, Susono, JP;
Kazumi Hoshiya, Gotenba, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/112 ;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a drive system, in which a power source is activated to output a torque by an energy fed from an energy source so that the torque is transmitted to rotary members through a torque transmission element having a variable transmission torque capacity. The stop of the power source due to the exhaustion of energy is predicted to increase the transmission torque capacity of the torque transmission element.