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Patent No.:

US 7678017 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010

Filed:

May. 14, 2008
Applicants:

Naoto Moriya, Toyota, JP;

Masaharu Tanaka, Toyota, JP;

Yoshio Hasegawa, Chiryu, JP;

Tomohiro Asami, Nissin, JP;

Inventors:

Naoto Moriya, Toyota, JP;

Masaharu Tanaka, Toyota, JP;

Yoshio Hasegawa, Chiryu, JP;

Tomohiro Asami, Nissin, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a shift control device and a shift control method for an automatic transmission, when the shift range is switched from a non-travel range to a travel range, a squat control of temporarily forming a high-speed step that is smaller in speed change ratio than the first speed change step by engaging a first engagement element and a second engagement element, and then forming the first speed change step by releasing the second engagement element. In the case of standing-start of the vehicle in the high-speed step, the squat control is ended before the first speed change step is formed by releasing the second engagement element.


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