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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Inventors:
Jun Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Kiyoshi Kimura, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/68 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/68 (2013.01); F16H 59/105 (2013.01); F16H 2300/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic control unit senses an actual shift range of a automatic transmission by executing a range determination operation, which determines the actual shift range of the automatic transmission based on a rotational position of a manual shaft that is sensed with an encoder. The control unit prohibits the execution of the range determination operation throughout a range determination operation prohibiting period, which is a predetermined time period and starts from a time point of starting rotation of the rotor of the electric motor unit toward the target rotational position.