Patent ID: 6908412

Claim:
A control apparatus of a continuously variable transmission having a drive belt looped over a primary pulley and a secondary pulley for transmitting a power of an engine from said primary pulley to said secondary pulley and capable of continuously varying a speed ratio of said transmission by changing a ratio of winding diameters of said drive belt to said primary pulley and said secondary pulley, comprising: a deceleration intention judging means for judging whether an operator intends to decelerate a vehicle with an engine brake applied or said operator intends to run said vehicle by inertia; a speed ratio fixing means for fixing said speed ratio to a value at the moment when said operator releases an accelerator pedal when it is judged that said operator intends to decelerate said vehicle with said engine brake applied; and a coasting means for changing said speed ratio to a value on a minimum speed ratio side.