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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2011
Tomoyuki Suzuki, Isehara, JP;
Yoshihiko Ota, Isehara, JP;
Seiichiro Takahashi, Isehara, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A control device continuously variable transmission for vehicle according to the present invention includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism capable of continuously changing a speed ratio, a sub-transmission mechanism provided in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, including a first gear position and a second gear position having a smaller speed ratio than the first gear position as forward gear positions and adapted to switch between the first gear position and the second gear position by selectively engaging or releasing a plurality of frictional engagement elements, and a transmission control unit wherein a vehicle is stopped with the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism kept in the second gear position when being stopped in a state where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism is in the second gear position.