The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukinori Nakamori, Anjo, JP;
Takehiko Suzuki, Anjo, JP;
Satoru Wakuta, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Inuzuka, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus including an engine, an automatic transmission, a hydraulic servo, a mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump and a controller that controls driving of the electric oil pump and generates a standby pressure supplied to the hydraulic servo based upon a driving state of the mechanical oil pump, wherein the standby pressure is set less than a line pressure generated based upon driving the mechanical oil pump during idling and equal to or greater than an engagement starting pressure by which the friction engagement element starts transmitting a torque.