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Shift map switching control unit

  • US 7,967,724 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Issued: 06/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shift map switching control unit, comprising:

  • a plurality of load sensors including a rider load sensor that senses the seating of a rider on a vehicle, a passenger load sensor that senses the seating of a passenger on the vehicle and a cargo load sensor that senses the loading of cargo on the vehicle;

    a plurality of shift maps for deriving shift timing of an automatic transmission, anda controller for selecting one shift map of said plurality of shift maps according to output signals from said plurality of load sensors, and controls the shift timing of the automatic transmission according to the selected one shift map,wherein said controller switches from the selected one shift map to another shift map when the seating of the rider is sensed by the rider load sensor and at least one of the seating of the passenger and the loading onto the carrier of the cargo is sensed by at least one of said plurality of load sensors.

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