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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Shingo Kato, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Fumimori Imaeda, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When it is predicted that a request for a parking lock operation is likely to be received, an actuator of a parking mechanism is controlled to perform standby processing for bringing the parking mechanism into a standby state immediately preceding a lock state to wait for the request for the parking lock operation.