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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Daisuke Inoue, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroji Taniguchi, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ECT_ECU executes a program including the step of prohibiting a lockup clutch from engaging if the lockup clutch is disengaged and a number of revolutions or speed NE of an input shaft of a torque converter minus a number of revolutions or speed NT of an output shaft of the torque converter is smaller than a threshold value ΔN ().