Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340456000 | Gear position | 17 |
20080252438 | Warning System and Method of Providing a Warning - A warning system has a power position detection device, a gear shift position detection device, an alighting detection device, and a power position warning device. The device is operable to provide the power position warning indication when the power position detection device, the gear shift position detection device and the alighting detection device detect that there are preparations for alighting, that the gear shift position is in a P (Park) range and that the power position is in a position other than showing IGNITION OFF. In another aspect, the invention provides a gear shift position warning device. The power position warning device outputs a power position warning indication when the gear shift position detection device detects that the gear shift position has moved to the P range during output of the gear shift position warning indication. | 10-16-2008 |
20080309473 | Combination horn and gear selection indicator system - The invention is a combination horn button and gear position indicator system for an automobile, the automobile having wire having a first end terminating at the steering wheel and a second end terminating at least partially down the steering column. In detail, the invention includes a housing movably mounted to the steering wheel, said housing movable from a first position to a second position, with a spring biasing the housing to the first position. horn actuation switch mounted in the housing, which is actuated to a closed position when the housing is moved from the first position to the second position. A gear position indicator is mounted on the housing. Processor circuits for sending the horn actuation switch signal to the horn relay and sending a gear position signal from the transmission to the gear position indicator via the one wire. | 12-18-2008 |
20090146798 | MOTOR VEHICLE GEAR SELECTOR WITH INTEGRATED DISPLAY - Motor vehicle gear selectors, methods for integrating a variable display on the gear selector, and motor vehicles including a gear selector with an integrated display are provided. One gear selector includes a body and a variable display integral with the body and configured to display a message. The gear selector also includes a processor configured to select the message from a message set and communicate the message to the variable display. Another gear selector includes a shift console, a gear selector body, a variable display integral with the gear selector body, a speaker integral with the gear selector body, and a processor configured to select and communicate a message from a message set to the variable display and the speaker. A method includes providing a gear selector having an integral variable display, selecting a message from a message set, transmitting the message to the variable display, and displaying the message. | 06-11-2009 |
20090195375 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A control system for a vehicle transmission implements a method of controlling the transmission. The system includes a device for selecting the desired operating mode of the transmission, such as a gear shift lever, and a transmission sensor for sensing the actual operating mode of the transmission. A display is in communication with the device and the transmission sensor and displays both the desired operating mode and the actual operating mode of the transmission. A controller is in communication with the transmission and controls the operating mode of the transmission. An occupancy sensor, in communication with the controller, verifies that the driver is in the driver seat before the controller allows the transmission to be shifted out of a park mode. | 08-06-2009 |
20100013621 | Illuminated Gear Selection Indicator - An improved gear selection indicator principally for use in a motor vehicle having a manually operated shift lever connected to a motor vehicle manual or automatic transmission, and including a shift knob sleeve placed over the vehicle gear shift lever, and an illuminated display disposed in the opening of the sleeve. The display includes a gear shift pattern plate with LEDs disposed around a shift pattern. The lights are controlled by a display circuit board having a microcontroller. A plurality of electro-magnetic position sensors positioned proximate the transmission case are activated by one or more magnets disposed on the gear shift lever. A sensor circuit board in electrical communication with the position sensors and the display board microcontroller detects any activation of the position sensors and sends a signal to the display board microcontroller which maps the data onto the LED display for an illuminated gear selection output. | 01-21-2010 |
20100085178 | DISCRETE SENSOR INPUTS - A set of inputs each selectively provides a discrete signal, whereby the sensor inputs together provide a plurality of discrete signals. A memory includes instructions executable by a processor for receiving the discrete signals, identifying a bit pattern from the discrete signals, and determining a position of a physical member according to the bit pattern and an error condition detected from the discrete signals. | 04-08-2010 |
20100127846 | SHIFT LEVER POSITION ALARM - A gear range selector for a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission with more than one forward moving gear range is provided. The gear range selector provides a driver and/or an occupant of the motor vehicle with an alert signal that a shift lever has been moved from a Drive gear range position to another forward movement gear range position. | 05-27-2010 |
20100219946 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION - An information presentation system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a transmission operable in a plurality of gear states. The system comprises a sensor adapted to detect a gear state of the transmission, an electronic control system adapted to operate the transmission and to detect a gear state of the transmission, and a display device coupled to the sensor and to the electronic control system. The display device is adapted to receive a first signal indicating the gear state of the transmission, to receive a second signal indicating the gear state of the transmission, and to adjust an arrangement of visual elements in a manner influenced by the first and second signals. | 09-02-2010 |
20110025488 | CONTROL KNOB ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A combination shifter and engine start apparatus for a vehicle includes a control knob rotatable to a plurality of positions to instruction operation of an associated transmission of the vehicle and actuatable for at least one of starting and stopping of an associated engine of the vehicle. A display is disposed on the control knob for alternately displaying first indicia on the control knob relating to at least one of starting and stopping of the associated engine and displaying second indicia on the control knob relating to a selected one of the plurality of positions. A controller is operatively connected to the control knob and to the display. The controller has a first mode wherein the controller commands the display to display the first indicia and a second mode wherein the controller commands the display to display the second indicia. | 02-03-2011 |
20120001747 | Electronic drive selector assembly systems and methods - A drive selector assembly arranged on a console of a vehicle for selecting a transmission gear from a plurality of transmission gears includes a housing; a gear selector control arranged in the housing, the gear selector control having a plurality of switches for selecting a transmission gear of the plurality of gears of the vehicle; and at least one visual indicator provided on the console, the at least one visual indicator coupled to the gear selector control for providing a visual indication of the selected transmission gear. | 01-05-2012 |
20120068840 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology that does not require complicated operation to select a display mode is provided. In an image display system, a back mode stores a display mode that has been recently set as a current mode. When the display mode becomes the back mode next time, the display mode that has been recently set as a current mode is set as a current mode immediately after the display mode becomes the back mode. Accordingly, the driver does not need to perform the complicated operation to select a desired display mode each time the vehicle is reversed. | 03-22-2012 |
20120126968 | TRANSMISSION POSITION INDICATOR FOR VEHICLE - A transmission position indicator for a vehicle may include a housing, a PCB (printed circuit board) embedded in the housing, wherein a light source may be provided at a predetermined position on the PCB, a light guide plate provided above the PCB and receiving light from the light source, wherein the light guide plate includes light-diffusion-ink patterns printed on a surface thereof, each of the light-diffusion-ink patterns having ink dots, and a cover coupled to an upper end of the housing, wherein the cover may be made of opaque material and includes gear indication characters therein, the gear indication characters being made of transparent material, so that the light transmitted from the light guide plate may be emitted outside the cover through the gear indication characters. | 05-24-2012 |
20120133501 | Vehicle Having a Gearshift Element Arranged on the Steering Wheel - A vehicle has a transmission and a gearshift element pivotally arranged on a steering wheel of the vehicle. By actuating the gearshift element, the transmission is shiftable in an electrically controlled manner from one transmission gear to a next-higher or a next-lower transmission gear. At least one electric switch element and/or at least one optical display device is arranged on the gearshift element. | 05-31-2012 |
20120218097 | TRANSMISSION INDICATOR FOR VEHICLE - A transmission indicator apparatus for a vehicle, may include a base provided on a side of a gearshift lever of the vehicle, a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) circuit mounted on the base and provided with light sources, a cover provided above the PCB circuit to shield an internal structure therein, wherein stage characters of a stage character part and stage selection displays of a stage selection part may be formed on the cover to transmit light of the light sources and be thus distinguished, and a partition provided in a space between the PCB circuit and the cover and located between the stage character part and the stage selection part of the cover, thus preventing light interference between the light sources. | 08-30-2012 |
20130120129 | GEARSHIFT KNOB AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE - A gearshift knob for a gearshift lever of a vehicle and a method for operating a vehicle are described. | 05-16-2013 |
20140055257 | GEAR SHIFT PROMPTING SYSTEM AND GEAR SHIFT PROMPTING METHOD THEREOF - A gear shift prompting system and a gear shift prompting method are provided. The gear shift prompting system includes a navigation module and a control module, wherein the control module generates a real-time gear shift signal to control a vehicle gear shift. The navigation device includes a prompting module and a processing module. The processing module receives the real-time gear shift signal and controls the prompting module to audio-broadcast an audio message of a current gear shift corresponding to the real-time gear shift signal or controls the prompting module to generate a graphical illustration message of the current gear shift based upon the real-time gear shift signal. | 02-27-2014 |
20160090035 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display section displays a shift indicator in a smaller size than that in a normal state at the start of display (upon switching the display) of the shift indicator. After that, the display section gradually enlarges a size of the shift indicator until it has a larger size than that in the normal state, and then gradually reduces the size of the shift indicator until it has the size in the normal state, thereby starting the display of the shift indicator in the size in the normal state. This operation provides a display device through which a driver can readily recognize the current shift position. | 03-31-2016 |