| US 7,578,769 B2 | ||
| Lockup control device | ||
| Yuzo Kageyama, Isehara (Japan); and Tomohiko Takahashi, Isehara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/499,105. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-227648 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2005; and application No. 2006-200242 (JP), filed on Jul. 24, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0060443 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 61/14 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 477—169 [477/171] | 37 Claims |
| 19. A vehicle, comprising:
an engine coupled to an automatic transmission; and
a controller coupled to the engine and the automatic transmission and configured to delay for a predetermined period of time
before changing a canceling-speed threshold at which to cancel a lockup state of the automatic transmission from a first canceling-speed
threshold to a second canceling-speed threshold when detecting a status shift out of an accelerator ON state or out of a brake
ON state.
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