patent toegevoegd: Veröffentlichungsnummer : RO117728 PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION RATIO CHANGE AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR APPLYING THE PROCESS Veröffentlichungsnr. (Sek.) Veröffentlichungsdatum : 2002-06-28 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6,471,615 Info uit een Honda patent (gebruik Ant. patenten)/29 okt. 2002 The *eight-speed automatic transmission 1 can be *changed into a five-speed, six-speed or seven-speed automatic transmission by properly changing the timing of changing the condition of the hydraulic clutch 27. For example, if the hydraulic clutch 27 is disengaged at proper time before the first centrifugal clutch 17 is engaged in upshifting the automatic transmission 1 from the first speed to the second speed, the second speed is skipped and the automatic transmission 1 can be upshifted from the first speed to the third speed. Similarly, the automatic transmission 1 can be upshifted from the fifth speed to the seventh speed, skipping the sixth speed. Thus, the automatic transmission 1 is able to function as a six-speed automatic transmission. Although the invention has been described as applied to the automatic transmission 1 for the FF vehicle, having the two parallel shafts, i.e., the input shaft 2 and the support shaft 3, the present invention is applicable to an automatic transmission for a **front-engine rear-drive (FR) vehicle, having a long input shaft capable of supporting thereon the third module M3 and the reverse drive unit 40 in addition to the first module M1 and the second module M2. Although the invention has been described in its preferred embodiments with a certain degree of particularity, obviously **many changes and **variations are possible therein. It is therefore to be understood that the present invention may be practiced **otherwise than as specifically described herein without departing from the scope and spirit thereof. Je kunt er dus vele kanten mee op.