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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Michael Thomas Dickinson, Marysville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Michael Thomas Dickinson, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lock-up clutch control method and apparatus controls a lock-up state of a torque converter interposed between a drive unit and a transmission on a vehicle. Data indicative of the operating condition of an antilock braking system can be provided as input to the control method and apparatus and affect the lock-up state of the torque converter.