Abstract: In the case where a cooperative gear change control of an automatic transmission is executed on the basis of information with respect to a condition around a vehicle or in front of a vehicle, in a cooperative gear change control means, a gear change of the automatic transmission is directly determined on the basis of actual curve information and road surface inclination information in accordance with a previously stored downshift map, and a gear stage is switched such that a determined gear change is executed. Therefore, it is possible to directly obtain the gear stage or the gear ratio corresponding to the curve of the road and the inclination of the road surface.

Abstract: A vehicular automatic shift control unit for executing a cooperative shift control (an upshift inhibition and a downshift) of an automatic transmission based on an information associated with a road condition around a vehicle or a road condition in front of the vehicle, is provided with judging means for judging whether a vehicle exists in a predetermined area including a branch point of the road during execution of the cooperative shift control, and gear ratio maintaining control means for maintaining a gear ratio of the automatic transmission if it is judged that the vehicle exists in the predetermined area.

Abstract: A lock-up clutch slip control system for controlling a lock-up clutch, which is arranged in parallel with a hydraulic power transmission for connecting a prime mover and a speed change unit, selectively into a slip state. It is decided whether or not a slip control of changing the lock-up clutch from a complete apply state to a slip state is to be executed according to the operation of lowering the output of the prime mover. The output of said prime mover is changed to suppress the output fluctuation of the prime mover when it is decided that the slip control of the lock-up clutch is to be executed.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a shift control apparatus which does not cause a vehicle driver to feel uncomfortable when shift control means resumes normal shift control using a predetermined shift pattern. Where return-to-normal determining means 105 determines that a condition or conditions under which the shift control means 102 resumes shift control using a MEDIUM MODE shift pattern is/are satisfied, return-to-normal permitting means 116 permits the shift control means 102 to resume the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern when an output control member release determining means 108 determines that an accelerator pedal 58 has been released. In this arrangement, the driver does not feel uncomfortable even if the transmission is shifted up immediately after the shift control means 102 resumes the shift control using the MEDIUM MODE shift pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission and a lock-up clutch of a fluid-filled power transmitting device of a motor vehicle, including a downhill running control device for shifting down the transmission when the vehicle initiates a downhill road running, and a deceleration slip control device for effecting a slip control of the clutch during vehicle deceleration, and a deceleration control device for permitting the deceleration slip control device to effect the slip control of the lock-up clutch and inhibits the downhill running control device from shifting down the transmission, if a condition required for activating the deceleration slip control device has been satisfied, and if the motor vehicle is in a downhill road running.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lock-up clutch for direct connection of an engine and an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the apparatus including a slip control device for selectively placing said lock-up clutch in one of a fully released state, a fully engaged state, and a partially engaged state, an uphill road detecting device for detecting that a road on which the motor vehicle is running is an uphill road; and a slip control inhibiting device for inhibiting the slip control device from placing the lock-up clutch in the fully or partially engaged state, if the uphill road is detected by the uphill road detecting device, so that undesirable repeated switching of the clutch between the fully released state and the fully or partially engaged state during uphill road running of the vehicle is prevented.

Abstract: This invention relates an electronic locking device that may be operated manually and by key input, selectively, depending upon the various circumstances. In the locking condition, a hole is provided on an unlocking member and a hole is provided in a retaining mechanism, and the holes are aligned to allow the insertion of a moving piece into the both holes; and at unlocking, both of the holes are misaligned to prevent the insertion of the moving piece into either of the two holes.