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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akihira Aoki, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission is capable of continuously changing an output of an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle and allowing a transmission mode to be switchable between a continuous transmission mode in which a transmission ratio is set continuously and a stepped transmission mode in which the transmission ratio is set stepwise. A transmission mode selector is configured to change the transmission mode in such a manner that in a case where the stepped transmission mode is selected, when a engine rotation speed reaches a first predetermined rotation speed, then falls below a second predetermined rotation speed which is lower than the first predetermined rotation speed, and further falls below a third predetermined rotation speed, the transmission mode is switched from the stepped transmission mode to the continuous transmission mode.