Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, McLeland & Naughton
Device for controlling an automatic automotive transmission
 In an automatic automotive transmission system having a torque converter and a gear transmission unit, the gear transmission unit is shifted from one speed stage to another normally according to current vehicle speed and engine load, but is upshifted from one speed stage to a subsequent speed stage according to a vehicle speed and a stored value of the engine load at the time of the preceding upshift so that a series of upshifts may be carried out at regular intervals, and the vehicle operator may accomplish a smooth acceleration of the vehicle substantially without any efforts even when the engine load wavers from the level at the time when the preceding upshift took place. 
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Yutaka Hideo
Ohyama Furukawa