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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Tatsuyuki Ohashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shouji Asatsuke, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akio Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryouhei Chiba, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jun Ishimura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Keiichi Ishikawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tatsuyuki Ohashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shouji Asatsuke, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akio Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryouhei Chiba, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jun Ishimura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Keiichi Ishikawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A power transmitting apparatus for a vehicle mounted with a torque converter and an idle-stop mechanism can be configured to improve fuel economy without cancelling a fuel-cut-off during vehicle speed reduction and to reduce the manufacturing cost by eliminating an electrically-driven oil pump. A power transmitting apparatus can comprise a torque converter, a clutch mechanism, an oil pump, a continuously variable transmission, a clutch control device, an engine control device, and a flow control device. The flow control device can be configured to limit or prevent the supply of oil to the torque converter by the oil pump and to prioritize the supply of oil to the clutch mechanism and the continuously variable transmission when the vehicle speed is reduced below a predetermined value with fuel being cut off by the engine control device during vehicle speed reduction.