Patent ID: 7079933

Claim:
An automatic clutch control device comprising: a clutch connecting/disconnecting actuator for driving a clutch disposed between an output shaft of a power source of a vehicle and an input shaft of a transmission, so as to be connected or disconnected; and a clutch control means for executing: a disconnecting operation for changing a state of the clutch from a connecting state to a disconnecting state before the transmission starts a shift operation, and a connecting operation for changing the state of the clutch from the disconnecting state to the connecting state after the shift operation is completed, wherein the clutch control means is operable for changing, in accordance with a running state of the vehicle, at least one of: a speed of the connecting operation defined as extending from a beginning of the connecting operation to an end of the connecting operation, and a speed of the disconnecting operation defined as extending from a beginning of the disconnecting operation to an end of the disconnecting operation.