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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Takumi Sinojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takumi Sinojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/664 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control unit is imparted a function in which the engagement of a high-speed clutch which had been in disengagement until then is started (or the energization of a high-speed clutch solenoid switch valve is put to ON) before a change-speed of a toroidal continuously variable transmission has reached an optimal value for performance of a mode switch (a point A, for example, 0.46 in a speed increasing ratio) or at a point B (for example, 0.6 in the speed increasing ratio). As a result of this, the problem can be solved.