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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Hiroya Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroya Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
When the vehicle is traveling on an uphill road (step: YES), the ECU executes a program in which, if the speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than Vblt (step: NO) and a speed ratio γ() required to secure a sufficient climbing capacity of the vehicle is equal to or lower than a speed ratio γ() required to secure a sufficient returnability of the belt of the continuously variable transmission (step: NO), a belt returnability securing control is executed (step), and otherwise (step: YES or step: YES), a climbing control is executed (stepor step).