Appeal No. 2002-1668 Page 6
Application No. 09/531,666
than he had the right to claim in the patent and that one error is the absence of claims
of a breadth and scope covering a target input engine speed calculated in accordance
with a vehicle speed but not the acceleration of the vehicle.
In the present reissue application, the appellant seeks to obtain the following
independent claims:
19. (additions underlined and deletions bracketed vis-a-vis issued claim 1)
An apparatus for controlling a continuously variable transmission for use
with an automotive vehicle including an accelerator pedal, the
transmission having an input and output shaft, the transmission being
operable at a variable speed ratio for transmitting a drive from the input
shaft to the output shaft, comprising:
means for sensing vehicle operating conditions including vehicle speed
[acceleration];
means for producing a released accelerator pedal indicative signal when
the accelerator pedal is released;
means for determining a vehicle acceleration;
means for calculating a target value for the speed of rotation of the input
shaft based on the determined [sensed] vehicle operating conditions;
means for calculating a correction factor per predetermined unit time
based on the determined [sensed] vehicle acceleration when the determined
[sensed] vehicle acceleration exceeds a threshold value in the presence of the
released accelerator pedal indicative signal;
means for adding the correction factor to the target input shaft speed
value to correct the target input shaft speed value at intervals of the
predetermined unit time; and
means for controlling the speed ratio to bring the input shaft speed into
coincidence with the corrected target value.
23. (additions underlined and deletions bracketed vis-a-vis issued claim 5)
An apparatus for controlling a continuously variable transmission for use
with an automotive vehicle including an accelerator pedal, the transmission
having an input and output shaft, the transmission being operable at a variable
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