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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Tetsuya Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Iriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Gotou, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Kodama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Shimanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuichiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Wakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisao Nobu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Iriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Gotou, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Kodama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Shimanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuichiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Wakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisao Nobu, Kanagawa, JP;
Jatco Ltd, Fuji, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, the vehicle having a continuously variable transmission associated with a vehicular engine and including a belt that transmits a revolution of a primary pulley to a secondary pulley that is enabled to make a gear shift by modifying a pulley ratio between the primary and secondary pulleys with a hydraulic, a determination is made as to whether a belt slip between at least one of the primary and the secondary pulleys occurs and an output section outputs a signal to command an engine control unit to increase an engine speed by a predetermined engine speed when the belt slip is determined to occur.