Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shifting device
- Patent Title (中): 换档装置
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Application No.: US11851980Application Date: 2007-09-07
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Publication No.: US07650811B2Publication Date: 2010-01-26
- Inventor: Kazuhito Matsui , Masahiro Taniguchi , Osamu Shoji , Noriyuki Suzuki
- Applicant: Kazuhito Matsui , Masahiro Taniguchi , Osamu Shoji , Noriyuki Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.
- Priority: JP2002-239433 20020820; JP2003-100719 20030403
- Main IPC: B60K17/04
- IPC: B60K17/04 ; B60K17/12 ; G05G9/00 ; F16H59/04

Abstract:
A shifting device includes a housing, a shift lever, and a sensor unit. The shift lever is moved along frontward or rearward and leftward or rightward to select one of shift positions. The sensor unit is of a non-contact type and detects the selected shift position. The sensor unit includes a plurality of sensors and a magnet. The relative positions of the sensors and the magnet are variable. The sensor unit detects the selected shift position according to the relative positions. According to movement of the shift lever, at least one of the group of the sensors and the magnet is moved along a first movement axis and a second movement axis. The first and second movement axes extend in different directions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080006113A1 SHIFTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2008-01-10
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