Patent ID: 9151378
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A control device for a transmission mounted on a motor vehicle, comprising: a controller configured to switch between an automatic shifting mode and a manual shifting mode, the automatic shifting mode being selected when a shift lever is in an automatic shifting position, to switch between a stepless automatic shifting mode in which a gear ratio is varied in a stepless manner and a stepped automatic shifting mode in which the gear ratio is varied in a stepwise manner, the manual shifting mode being a mode in which the vehicle is run with the gear ratio varied stepwise by a driver's manipulation, a manual mode selector configured to select the manual shifting mode in preference to the automatic shifting mode, and a selector switch configured to select one of the stepless automatic shifting mode and the stepped automatic shifting mode, wherein, the controller performs, on detecting that the automatic shifting position is being selected when selection of the manual shifting mode is canceled, switchover to the automatic shifting mode and resumption of either the stepless automatic shifting mode or the stepped automatic shifting mode that had been selected before the manual shifting mode was selected, and the controller stores a selected one of the stepless automatic shifting mode and the stepped automatic shifting mode when the selector switch is manipulated while the manual shifting mode is selected, and switches over to the stored one of the stepless automatic shifting mode and the stepped automatic shifting mode when the manual shifting mode is canceled.