Control apparatus for automatic transmission

摘要

The invention eliminates the feeling of two-phase speed-change operations by causing a speed-change operation to proceed continuously when the speed-change operation is performed through two-phase control of engagement and release of four engagement elements. An automatic transmission is such that a predetermined speed-change operation is achieved through a pre-phase speed-change operation in which a first engagement element and a third engagement element are released and engaged respectively and through a post-phase speed-change operation in which a second engagement element and a fourth engagement element are released and engaged respectively. A control apparatus has a torque control capability for adjusting an input torque of a transmission during the pre-phase speed-change control, and ensures continuous changes in the input speed during the pre-phase and post-phase speed-change operations through adjustment of the input torque (torque reduction) to prevent bluntness from being caused between the pre-phase and post-phase speed-change operations.