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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Hiroya Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;

Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;

Tadashi Tamura, Nishikamo-gun, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroya Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;

Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;

Tadashi Tamura, Nishikamo-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/02 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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).


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