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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Osamu Kanai, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Tsutsumi, Toyota, JP;
Ichiro Kitaori, Nagoya, JP;
Toshinari Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Hiroatsu Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Koki Ueno, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Sekiya, Toyota, JP;
Osamu Kanai, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Tsutsumi, Toyota, JP;
Ichiro Kitaori, Nagoya, JP;
Toshinari Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Hiroatsu Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Koki Ueno, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Sekiya, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular shift control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a parking lock device selectively switched to a locking position in which rotation of wheels of the vehicle is prevented and a non-locking position in which the rotation of the wheels is not prevented, by an operation of an electrically operated actuator, the vehicular shift control apparatus being configured to perform a failure diagnosis to determine whether the actuator is operable or not, the vehicular shift control apparatus includes: the vehicular shift control apparatus permits the operation of the actuator if a supply voltage to the actuator is raised from a value lower than a predetermined threshold supply voltage value to a value not lower than the threshold supply voltage value after a determination that the actuator is inoperable is obtained in the failure diagnosis.