Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
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Application No.: US17960930Application Date: 2022-10-06
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Publication No.: US11808350B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Shinji Kitano
- Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Iwata
- Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: KEATING AND BENNETT, LLP
- Priority: JP 21166503 2021.10.08
- Main IPC: F16H57/01
- IPC: F16H57/01 ; F16H61/662 ; F16H9/16 ; F16H59/18

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine, a continuously variable transmission including an endless belt to output a power from the engine, and a transmission to which the power from the continuously variable transmission is transmitted. If the vehicle travel speed is not smaller than a first threshold value and an accelerator opening degree is not smaller than a second threshold value, a controller determines that the continuously variable transmission is being used in a belt high-load situation. If a travel distance in the belt high-load situation is not smaller than a third threshold value, the controller determines that the endless belt is deteriorated or deterioration thereof is in an advanced stage, and a deterioration message about the endless belt is displayed on a display based on an instruction from the controller. A situation in which a speed changing ratio of the continuously variable transmission is not greater than a fourth threshold value may be determined as the belt high-load situation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230113399A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2023-04-13
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