| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074473240 | Shift element interlock | 48 |
| 20080223167 | Apparatus and method for jogging transmission neutral switch - A method and apparatus for cycling a neutral switch of an automated mechanical transmission includes software which, either independently or by operator command through a shift actuator having side-to-side motion capability and sensors, controls a select piston and cylinder assembly to provide shift rail motion along a transverse axis of the transmission which simulates operator commanded motion of a shift rail of a conventional (manual) transmission as the operator checks for neutral. Such activity may release a malfunctioning neutral switch thereby providing a proper neutral indication to associated transmission and engine components to, for example, permit starting of the engine. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090049943 | PROCESS FOR PREVENTION OF UNINTENTIONAL GEAR SHIFTING FROM A NON-FRICTION LOCKED POSITION IN A TRANSMISSION - A process for the prevention of unintentional gear shifting from a non-friction locked position of a transmission is proposed, which is comprised by an electrical or electronic gear shift control and a friction-locked gear shift or selector device, within the scope of which the requested friction-locked position detected by the electrical or electronic gear shift control is outputted and is displayed to the driver by way of a position display during position shifting from a non-friction locked position, at the latest when the friction-locked gear shift or selector device has reached a position or a range within which it can remain in an automatic lockup, whereupon this position is implemented in the transmission. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090107278 | Energy absorbing shift lever assembly with reusable latching mechanism - A shift lever assembly for operating a transmission of a vehicle includes a mounting shaft an extension shaft coupled thereto. The extension shaft is pivotable between an operating position and a collapse position relative to the mounting shaft. A latching mechanism is disposed within a bore defined by one of the mounting shaft and the extenstion shaft. The latching mechanism includes a compression spring biasing against a plunger. One of the mounting shaft and the extension shaft defines a seat. The plunger engages the seat in the interlocking engagement when the extension shaft is in the operating position. The plunger holds the extension shaft in the operating position until a force greater than a pre-determined value is applied to the extension shaft to compress the plunger and permit the extension shaft to pivot into the collapse position. The extension shaft is repeatably moveable between the operating position and the collapse position. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090158877 | PARK INHIBITION SOLENOID ASSEMBLY - A Park inhibition solenoid assembly for preventing the undesirable shifting of a transmission from an out-of-Park mode to a Park mode includes a follower and an armature slidably disposed within a valve body/housing and within a solenoid. The follower is moveable between an out-of-Park position and a Park position and the armature is moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The follower and armature include detents for supporting a bearing. The armature and bearing prevent the follower from moving from the out-of-Park position to the Park position when the armature is held in place in the lock position by the solenoid. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090205456 | Gear change control system of automatic transmission - A gear change control system of an automatic transmission, include: a shift member, including a shaft portion which is s disposed in such a manner that a selection axis thereof is oriented in a selecting direction and including an arm portion; shift fork portions, operable to make gear shifts of gears; shift rail members, connected to the sift fork portions and arranged in such a manner that shift axes thereof are oriented in a shifting direction; and shift lug members, projecting from the shift rail members and including pillar-shaped portions. The arm portion swings about the selection axis to apply a pressure in the shifting direction from one side of the pillar-shaped portion so as to cause the shift fork portion to perform a shift making operation, and to apply a pressure in the shifting direction from the other side of the pillar-shaped portion so as to cause the shift fork portion to perform a shift withdrawing operation. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090211389 | Gear change control system of automatic transmission - A gear change control system of an automatic transmission, includes: a shift member, including a shaft portion disposed in such a manner that a selection axis is oriented in a selecting direction, and including a pair of arm portions formed on the shaft portion in such a manner as to project therefrom; shift rail members, having rail shaft portions, and arranged in such a manner that shift axes are oriented in a shifting direction; shift fork portions, formed on the rail shaft portions; shift lug members, formed on the rail shaft portions and including pillar-shaped portions. The pair of the arm portions swing about the selection axis to apply a pressure in the shifting direction from one side of the pillar-shaped portion by one of the arm portions so as to cause the shift fork portion to perform a shift making operation, and to apply a pressure in the shifting direction from the other side of the pillar-shaped portion by the other arm portion so as to cause the shift fork portion to perform a shift withdrawing operation. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100011898 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR A MANUAL TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE - A shifting device for a multi-gear manual transmission, in particular a gearwheel variable-speed transmission of a vehicle, with a gearshift shaft that can be axially and rotationally moved. A shift gate can be selected by axial movement of the shaft and a gear in the shift gate is engaged by rotation movement of the shaft. A locking device communicates with the gearshift shaft and increases a selection force when selecting a shift gate having a reverse gear. A spring arrangement includes a first spring element, which acts during the selection of a shift gate with two forward gears, and the second spring element acts, together with the locking device, during the selection of the shift gate with the reverse gear. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024585 | GEARSHIFT DEVICE FOR CHANGE-SPEED GEARBOXES OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A gearshift device for a change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle, includes, but is not limited to a gearshift lever guided movably between positions corresponding to different gears, on which a locking member is displaceable between a locking position in a first degree of freedom in which it blocks any movement of the gearshift lever from a forward gear position into a reverse gear position, and a release position in a first degree of freedom in which it allows movement from the forward gear position into the reverse gear position. The locking member on the gearshift lever is movable in a second degree of freedom between a normal position in which movement between release position and locking position is possible and an alignment position in which it fixes the gearshift lever free from play. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100186531 | ACTUATOR COVER STRUCTURE, ACTUATOR, AND POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A cover structure of an actuator is provided in which a case of the actuator, which houses a conversion mechanism that converts input energy to mechanical motion, has a metal cover fastening portion and a cover member to which a metal fastening part that is fastened to the cover fastening portion is integrally attached. The cover member is formed by a metal cover portion and a resin cover portion. The metal cover portion has a center portion that covers part of the conversion mechanism, and an extended portion that extends from the center portion to the area near the metal fastening part so as to oppose the cover fastening portion. In this way, a vehicular power transmitting apparatus that discourages theft is provided by realizing an actuator with a strong cover fastening structure by making the fastening portion of the actuator be able to withstand intentionally inflicted damage without its weight being increased much. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186532 | Gear Shift Interlock - A gearshift interlock is provided including a first shift block operatively associated with at least one first synchronized gear. The first shift block has a detent and is movable between neutral and actuated positions. A second shift block is operatively associated with at least one second synchronized gear. The second shift block has a detent and is movable between neutral and actuated positions. A lockout member is provided wherein movement of one of the shift blocks from its neutral position toward its actuated position causes the shift block to urge the lockout member to engage the detent of the other one of the shift blocks. At least an outer surface of the lockout member has a hardness within a predetermined range, and each of the first and second shift blocks is hardened so as to impart a hardness within the predetermined range to at least a portion of the shift block. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100218634 | SHIFT DRIVE MECHANISM FOR MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A shift drive mechanism for a multi-speed transmission in which a shift rod can be stably maintained at a desired fixed position without the need for an intermittent drive mechanism and which is small in size and low in cost. The shift drive mechanism for a multi-speed transmission includes a shift guide groove G formed in a shift drum so as to guide a shift pin moved in the axial direction together with the shift rod. Each of gear speed groove portions Gs is formed at axial-direction positions determined on a gear speed basis and directing the shift pin only to the circumferential direction or not moving the shift pin in the axial direction attendant on turning of the shift drum is set to be longer than the distance the shift drum travels idly from the moment of stop of driving of a shift actuator. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100242657 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual clutch transmission includes: shift rail members having shift lug portions and performing, by actuating shift fork members, a shifting-in operation and a shifting-out operation; a shift select member having an arm portion and, after selecting the shift lug portion of the shift rail member corresponding to a target forward gear stage by moving the arm portion in a select direction, operating the shift rail member by moving the arm portion to perform the shifting-in operation or the shifting-out operation of the target forward gear stage. A movement direction of the arm portion for the shifting-in operation of a higher forward gear stage next higher than one of the forward gear stages except for the highest gear stage and the lowest gear stage is opposite to a movement direction of the arm portion for the shifting-in operation of a lower forward gear stage next lower than the one of the forward gear stages. The arm portion is formed to project so as to simultaneously select the shift lug portions of the shift rail members corresponding to the higher and lower forward gear stages when shifting in the one of the forward gear stages. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100242658 | GEARSHIFTING DEVICE FOR A TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a gearshifting device ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100269620 | Parking Brake Apparatus - A parking brake apparatus may include a parking brake actuator that has a housing that is fixed to a transmission case and a piston including a piston rod, wherein the piston is mounted in the housing to reciprocate along the housing, a lever pivotally coupled to the transmission case, wherein one end portion of the lever is pivotally connected to the piston rod, a sprag rod that is pivotally connected to the other end portion of the lever, and an operational elastic member that is disposed around a rotary shaft of the lever and elastically supports the lever in one rotational direction against the transmission case, wherein the rotary shaft is rotatably coupled to the transmission case. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110132126 | VEHICLE SHIFT MODULE ASSEMBLY - A shift module assembly for controlling the movement of a vehicle transmission out of a park condition responsive to a condition of the ignition system of the vehicle and responsive to a position of the vehicle brake pedal includes a moveable swing arm adapted to selectively control the condition of the vehicle transmission. The swing arm is in a park position when the vehicle transmission is in the park condition. The swing arm is locked in an immobile position by a solenoid operated armature shaft when the swing arm is placed in the park position. The armature shaft is in direct contact with said swing arm when said swing arm is in the locked position. The armature shaft releases the swing arm from the locked position upon actuation of the vehicle ignition system and depression of the vehicle brake pedal. The swing arm includes a stress line that will cause the swing arm to break along the stress line before the swing arm is moved out of the park position if excessive force is applied to the swing arm. In addition, the swing arm is capable of both rotational and rocking movement about a common pivot point. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110197697 | Vehicle Shifter Fluid Diverter System - The present disclosure relates to a vehicle shifter assembly having a retainer ring between a housing and an instrument panel or console. The retainer ring includes a fluid diverter system configured to guide fluid away from predetermined shifter assembly component(s). | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120079906 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM - A vehicle transmission comprises a locking mechanism selectively preventing an at least one shift drum disposed on a shift drum shaft from rotating. The locking mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the locking mechanism prevents the at least one shift drum from rotating in the first direction to engage a first locked position. When in the second position, the locking mechanism prevents the at least one shift drum from rotating in the second direction to engage a second locked position. The second locked position is sequentially before the first locked position in the first direction. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20130074632 | SHIFTING DEVICE - A shifting device comprises a selector lever movable relative to a fixed part and selector lever lock for preventing the lever from being moved when in a locking position (P) in which a vehicle transmission is blocked. The lock comprises a slider coupled with lever configured to slide through the fixed part from the locking position (P) to an unlocking position (R, N, D) in which vehicle transmission is unblocked. The slider may comprise one or more stop such that the slider can only be displaced through the fixed part or otherwise allowed to be rotated about an axis for changing into any of the unlocking positions (R, N, D). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130291675 | SHIFT LEVER FOR A TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, THE SHIFT LEVER HAVINGA BLOCKING CONNECTION - Disclosed is a shift lever for a transmission of a motor vehicle, wherein the shift lever comprises a blocking device, which can be brought from a blocking position into a release position via an active element arranged on an actuating device, wherein the active element comprises an engagement lug, which can be engaged in a latching hook arranged on the blocking device, wherein the active element is supported at the back on a rear wall located opposite the latching hook. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140116177 | GEARSHIFTING DEVICE FOR A TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a gearshifting device ( | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140165766 | SHIFT RAIL INHIBITOR MECHANSIM FOR A TRANSMISSION - An inhibitor mechanism may include at least one first primary interlocking element and at least one second primary interlocking element each configured to selectively engage with a shift rail in at least one cavity of the shift rail to inhibit the axial movement of the respective shift rail. The inhibitor mechanism may also include at least one secondary interlocking element in contact with the at least one first primary interlocking element, and may be configured to selectively engage with another shift rail in the at least one cavity to inhibit the axial movement of that shift rail. Only one of the primary interlocking elements and the at least one secondary interlocking element may be movable to outside of the at least one cavity of the respective shift rail at one time such that only that respective shift rail is movable in the axial direction. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140216196 | NON-CONTACT TYPE SHIFT LOCK APPARATUS - A non-contact shift lock apparatus that includes a coil and a plunger in a housing. More specifically, the plunger moves downward in the housing when power is supplied to the coil. A shift lever locks when the plunger moves downward and unlocks when the plunger moves upward. Further, when power is supplied to the coil, the plunger is magnetized by a magnetic field and a magnetic force focus is formed at the plunger where a magnetic force is concentrated. The plunger is moved downward by magnetic force balance between a center of the magnetic field generated by the coil and the magnetic force focus, so that the position where the plunger moves downward to is determined by the position where the magnetic force focus is formed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150101437 | SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE - A shift lever assembly for an automatic transmission vehicle may include a shift lever installed rotatably front/rearward and left/rightward with respect to a shift lever housing through a ball joint, a cable bracket disposed on a front of the shift lever and connected to the shift lever housing to be moved front/rearward with respect to the shift lever housing, and a cable connection protrusion is provided on a tip end of the cable bracket to connect with a shift cable, and an engaging lever disposed on the front of the shift lever for connecting the shift lever and the cable bracket. The shift lever assembly can have a reduced size and prevent formation the shaking angle of the shift cable, and accordingly, improve the power transmission efficiency and a transmission efficiency of the shift cable. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150122068 | NEUTRAL LOCKING SYSTEM, TOOL AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - A neutral locking system and method for a vehicle includes a park release shaft and a neutral locking tool. The park release shaft is operatively connected to a transmission of the vehicle such that rotation of the park release shaft in a first rotatable direction places the transmission in a neutral state. The neutral locking includes a fixture element and a rotatable element rotatably received within the fixture element. The rotatable element has one end configured to nonrotatably and removably couple to the park release shaft such that rotation of the rotatable element within the fixture element rotates the park release shaft. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150135878 | SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A shifting apparatus for a vehicle may include a lever position guide that is provided inside a gear lever box at which a gear lever is located, and has a reference position and multiple gear positions connected to the reference position, an elastic part engaged to the gear lever and the gear lever box and configured to return the gear lever to the reference position when the gear lever deviates from the reference position and thus is located at any one of the multiple gear positions, and a controller that shifts a gear range according to a preset shifting order when the gear lever moves between the reference position and the multiple gear positions, and shifts the gear range to a preset gear range when the gear lever is located at any one of the multiple gear positions for a longer time than a setting time. | 05-21-2015 |
| 074473250 | With detent, recess, notch, or groove | 20 |
| 20090272217 | SHIFT LOCK ASSEMBLY - A shift lock assembly including a shifter base and a shift lever having a pivot member that is associated with the shifter base. A detent member having an upper portion including engaging features is coupled to the pivot member. A lock lever having opposing sides and a first end pivotally attached to the shifter base and a second end adapted to contact the engaging features of the detent member is also included. At least one solenoid is connected to the lock lever for pivotally moving the lock lever relative to the detent member wherein the at least one solenoid moves the lock lever between low, middle and high positions in response to control parameters. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090293662 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission capable of preventing situations in which an inappropriate gear is selected is provided while suppressing increases in the size of the transmission. Movement of gear change members for selecting a gear in a shifting direction is inhibited by inhibiting members provided on the outer sides of both ends of the gear change members, and the inhibiting members are provided with grooves that allow a gear change member that is engaged with a shift operating member to move in the shifting direction. Recess portions of the gear change members allow the inhibiting members to move in a selecting direction when the gear change members are in a gear selective position. Movement of the gear change member that is in the gear selective position and not engaged with the shift operating member to a gear non-selective position is inhibited by an engagement between the inhibiting member and the recess portion. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100083785 | GEAR SHIFTING MECHANISM WITH A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A GEAR SHIFT TRANSMISSION - A gear shift mechanism of a gear shift transmission having a plurality of gears is described. A first movable gear shift fork and at least one second movable gear shift fork are provided for engaging gears of the gear shift transmission and assuming a neutral position as well as an engaged position where a gear allocated to a respective one of the first and second gear shift forks is engaged. A locking mechanism comprising a locking element is provided that prevents that both gear shift forks can assume at the same time unintentionally an engaged position. The locking mechanism is designed such that in a locking position a force for moving the first gear shift fork out of its neutral position does not generate a resulting component of force that would force the locking element against the second gear shift fork. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100300234 | ACTUATING DEVICE COMPRISING A LOCKING MECHANISM - An actuating device for selecting gear steps in a gearshift transmission. The actuating device comprises a selector lever that can be moved between at least two drive-setting positions and a locking mechanism for restricting the movement range of the lever and locking certain positions or for locking the selector lever. The locking mechanism comprises a locking recess connected to the selector lever and a blocking cam that can be rotated by an actuator. The cam engages in the locking recess. Complex locking tasks are possible with the simplified actuating device. In addition, the range of movement of the selector lever can be freely positioned largely variably and its width can be changed. Furthermore, the selector lever of the actuating device is movable by the actuator or locked in a desired position. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110048155 | DEVICE FOR LATCHING AND LOCKING SHIFT ROCKERS OF A SHIFT DEVICE OF A TRANSMISSION, AND USE OF A DEVICE OF SAID TYPE - A device is proposed for latching and locking of shift rockers ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110138958 | SHIFT FORK WITH TWO SHIFT JAWS FOR A GEARBOX - A shift fork is provided for a gearbox of a vehicle, preferably a motorized vehicle. The shift fork includes, but is not limited to a first shift jaw and a second shift jaw. The first shift jaw and the second shift jaw include, but are not limited to a first shifting recess and a second shifting recess, respectively. The first shifting recess and the second shifting recess include, but are not limited to a first stop portion for blocking the movement of the first shift jaw in a first direction and a second stop portion for blocking a movement of the second shift jaw in a second direction. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110146439 | PARKING LOCK DEVICE HAVING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS - A parking lock mechanism for a transmission which comprises a mechanical locking device, a movable thrust element that is connected to the mechanical locking device such that the thrust element can move the locking device between locked and unlocked conditions. The lock mechanism includes a parking lock actuation device with a first movable output element, an emergency actuation device with a second movable output element, and a first elastic element. The first output element is connected, via the first elastic element, to the thrust element so that movement of the first output element can be transmitted, via the first elastic element, to the thrust element, and the second output element is directly connected to the thrust element. The thrust element has a recess in which one side of the elastic element contacts a first wall of the recess and another side of the elastic element contacts the first output element. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120060635 | Modular Automatic Transmission Shift Device - A modular shift device for an automatic transmission having a first module adapted for pushbutton operation of the transmission's safety lockout, and a second module that when coupled to the first module, modifies operation of the transmission's safety lockout to that of shift shaft tilting and eliminates the pushbutton. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120079907 | Transmission Creeper Interlock - A shift rail interlock system for a transmission assembly having a gear unit with a plurality of selectable gear ratios. The interlock system includes three shift rails that are each movable to select between respective gear ranges. Two of the shift rails cooperated to define a plane. The third shift rail is a creeper rail located in a position that is out of the plane defined by the first and second shift rails. The interlock system includes a creeper interlock that is moveable between lock and release positions, which respective prevent and permit movement of the creeper rail. The interlock system also includes range rail interlock that moveable between two different lock and release positions. The range rail interlock is coupled to the creeper interlock such that when one of the range rails or the creeper rail is in the engaged position, the others are in their respective locked out positions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120103122 | Transmission Shift Selector Assembly - The present disclosure relates to various shift selector assemblies having a shift gate with a plurality of indentations corresponding to transmission shift selections. At least one of the indentations is configured to have a flexible depth so as to selectively restrict and accept a pawl pin, thereby mitigating shift position overshoot. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120118095 | INTERLOCKING DEVICE IN A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - An interlocking device arranged to prevent forbidden order of engagement/disengagement of two tooth clutches in a vehicle transmission is provided and includes a groove arranged in a first of shift rods, and a second and a third groove arranged in a second of shift rods, an interlocking element arranged coplanar with the shift rods, and directed and movable towards the shift rods. The length of the interlocking element is adapted to allow certain combinations and order of engagement/disengagement of the tooth clutches. A piston element partitions the second and third groove. The piston element is movably arranged in a hole in the second shift rod such that the interlocking element can push the piston element down in the hole, allowing the second shift rod to be displaced only one-way when the first shift rod is in an engaged position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120247255 | MONO-RAIL SHIFTING DEVICE - A monorail shifting device ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130239731 | SELF-PROPELLING WORK VEHICLE FOR FORWARD AND REVERSE DRIVE - A self-propelling work vehicle for forward and reverse drive includes a handle unit attached to the vehicle body for a first shift movement along a first direction with a neutral position and a second shift movement from the neutral position along a second direction intersecting the first direction. Forward drive speed or reverse drive speed is determined based on the first shift movement. A guide unit attached to the vehicle body includes a maximum forward speed guide member for defining a shift movement end of the handle unit determining a maximum forward speed of the forward drive speed, and a neutral guide member for guiding the second shift movement of the handle unit from the neutral position defined as a starting position. The maximum forward speed guide member and the neutral guide member are positionally adjustable independently of each other. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130247704 | ACTUATING DEVICE COMPRISING A LOCKING MECHANISM - An actuating device for selecting gear steps in a gearshift transmission. The actuating device comprises a selector lever that can be moved between at least two drive-setting positions and a locking mechanism for restricting the movement range of the lever and locking certain positions or for locking the selector lever. The locking mechanism comprises a locking recess connected to the selector lever and a blocking cam that can be rotated by an actuator. The cam engages in the locking recess. Complex locking tasks are possible with the simplified actuating device. In addition, the range of movement of the selector lever can be freely positioned largely variably and its width can be changed. Furthermore, the selector lever of the actuating device is movable by the actuator or locked in a desired position. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140083226 | SWITCHING MECHANISM - A switching mechanism includes a main body, a rotational body, a swinging member, and a biasing member. The swinging member detaches from the shaft portion against a biasing force of the biasing member by a centrifugal force generated at the swinging member in response to rotation of the rotational body rotating in conjunction with movement of the rotational member, for example, a vehicle door, to switch the state of the switching mechanism to an operation allowed state in a state where the rotational member is operated to rotationally move. The biasing force of the biasing member pushes the swinging member to make contact with the shaft portion and engages with the shaft portion by friction to retain the rotational body in a stopped state to switch the state of the switching mechanism to a movement restrained state in a state where the rotational member is stopped from making rotational movement. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20150101438 | DRIVE SELECTOR - An exemplary drive selector includes a housing, a cam positioned in the housing, a follower coupled to a shaft and in contact with the cam, and a biasing member urging the cam toward the follower. One of the cam and the follower includes at least one protrusion, and the other of the cam and the follower includes a plurality of recesses configured to receive the protrusion. When the protrusion is received in the recess, the force provided by the biasing member resists relative rotation of the cam and the follower. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150114158 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC SHIFTER WITH DUAL MECHANICAL DETENTS - An electronic shifter assembly can include a shift lever assembly and a dual mechanical detent system. The shift lever assembly can include a shift lever and a pivot base that is pivotably coupled to a base of the electronic shifter assembly. The dual mechanical detent system can include first and second mechanical detent systems having respective first and second detent plungers biased into engagement with respective first and second detent cam members having first and second cam surface profiles. The first and second detent plungers can be coupled to the pivot base and can move relative to the respective first and second cam surface profiles with movement of the shift lever assembly. The first and second mechanical detent systems can each releasably retain the shift lever assembly in a selected one of a plurality of transmission gear selection locations. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150114159 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING WRONG GEAR SHIFT OF MANUAL TRANSMISSION - An apparatus for preventing wrong shift operation of a manual transmission may include a control shaft provided in a housing of a transmission and connected to a shift lever, a stopper lever linked with the control shaft and rotated together with the control shaft, and a stopper unit arranged on a rotational radius of the stopper lever inside the transmission, and provided with a plate arranged rotatably in an axial direction of the control shaft such that the stopper lever that is rotated during a select operation for shifting to a highest speed step is caught by the plate to limit rotation of the stopper lever and the plate is rotated by the stopper lever when a shift operation is performed at a shift step preceding the highest speed step to progress the select operation to the highest speed step. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160017983 | ROTARY GEAR SHIFTER - In at least one embodiment a rotary shifter for a vehicle transmission includes a selector, a motor, a controller and a brake. The selector is adapted to be communicated with a vehicle transmission and rotated to multiple positions corresponding to different transmission gears. The motor is coupled to the selector to selectively alter the force required to rotate the selector among the multiple positions of the selector, and the controller is coupled to the motor and responsive to rotation of the selector to control actuation of the motor at least in part as a function of the rotary orientation of the selector. The brake is coupled to at least one of the selector or the motor to selectively inhibit or selectively prevent rotation of the selector. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160109017 | SHIFT DEVICE - In a shift lever device, a detent rod is assembled to a lever main body, and when a detent pin of the detent rod engages with a detent body and rotation is stopped, a lever is restricted from rotating. When a button is press-operated, the detent rod is displaced, engagement of the detent pin with the detent body is released, and the lever is allowed to rotate. The detent rod is assembled to the outside of the lever main body. This enables to detent rod to be easily assembled to the lever main body. | 04-21-2016 |
| 074473260 | Resiliently biased interlock | 3 |
| 20110041640 | SELECTOR LEVER FOR SPEED CHANGE TRANSMISSION - A selector lever is provided for speed change transmissions, which is movable into various lever positions to select various operating and driving steps or gears. The selector lever includes, but is not limited to a handle at one end, an unlocking bar, which is movable in the extension direction, is received in the selector lever, the unlocking bar being operationally linked to a locking mechanism so that in a first position, a movement of the selector lever into at least one lever position is blocked and, in a second position, it is released, the unlocking bar being pre-tensioned in its first position by a pre-tension force; the selector lever has a sliding ramp coupled to an end section of the unlocking bar, which is movable by manual actuation of an unlocking element so that the unlocking bar is movable into its second position by the end section sliding down on the sliding ramp against the pre-tension force. The end section of the unlocking bar coupled to the sliding ramp is provided with a second material different from a first material of the remaining unlocking bar, which is lower friction than the first material with respect to a friction pairing with the handle. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130145887 | ELECTRONIC SHIFT LEVER FOR IMPROVING OPERABILITY IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An electronic shift lever apparatus of an automatic transmission improving operability which may be provided in a room of a vehicle adopting the automatic transmission, may include a base having a lower member fixed to the vehicle and an upper member positioned above the lower member, a frame engaged to the upper member and horizontally slidable with respect to the upper member, a shift lock controlling device disposed between the frame and the upper member of the base and selectively locking the frame to the base, and an upper cover positioned above the frame, slidable vertically, and selectively unlocking the shift lock controlling device which controls an engaging state of the frame to the base. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20160097452 | DEVICE FOR THE SELECTION AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF ACTUATION MEMBERS OF A GEARBOX FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES - The invention regards a device for the selection and the displacement of actuation members of a gearbox for motor vehicles that comprises a plurality of forward gear ratios and a reverse gear ratio, each associated to a respective actuation member. The device includes a mechanism for the assistance to the engagement of the reverse gear. | 04-07-2016 |
