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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Tomoyuki Kanda, Wako, JP;
Takao Sato, Wako, JP;
Yoshimichi Tsubata, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission equipped with a continuously variable ratio-change mechanism CVT and a LOW rotational transmission mechanism GT, which are disposed parallel with each other, comprises a forward clutchand a reverse brake, which are used to set a power transmission through the continuously variable ratio-change mechanism, a LOW clutch, which is used to set a power transmission through the LOW rotational transmission mechanism, and a control unit ECU and a hydraulic control valve HV, which control the engagement of the clutches and the brake. When the transmission is switched from its neutral mode to its in-gear mode, at first, the forward clutchis brought gradually into engagement, and then it is released before the LOW clutchis brought into engagement in a squat control.