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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Naoto Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;
Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;
Yasunari Matsui, Okazaki, JP;
Naoto Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Shinya Toyoda, Nissin, JP;
Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;
Yasunari Matsui, Okazaki, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
In a controller for a belt-type continuously variable transmission including a hydraulic actuator that changes a groove width of a primary pulley, a hydraulic actuator that changes a groove width of a secondary pulley, and a belt clamping pressure control solenoid that controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator of the secondary pulley, a mechanism calculates a transmission ratio between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley and determines whether or not there is belt slippage based on that calculated transmission ratio, and a mechanism determines normalcy of the belt clamping pressure control solenoid. The input torque when belt slippage has actually occurred, i.e., when a failure has been determined, is used as a condition when performing the normalcy determination. By setting such a condition, it is possible for a normalcy determination threshold value (input torque value α) used for the normalcy determination to be a small value, and thus it is possible to suppress erroneous normalcy determination.