Shift lever apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsYong Hee Kim, Myung Lyul Na, Min Keun Kwon
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Abstract
A shift lever apparatus is provided and includes an operating part having fastening pins extracted therefrom and inserted thereinto, based on a signal input. A select lever part is coupled to a shift lever that rotates based on a shift pattern to rotate along with the shift lever. Additionally, the shift lever corresponds to a position of a shift stage based on the shift pattern and includes a plurality of insertion apertures into which the fastening pins are inserted. The fastening pins selectively permit or limit the rotation of the shift lever based on whether the fastening pins are inserted into the plurality of insertion apertures.
Claims3
A method of operating a shift lever apparatus, comprising:
- inserting and extracting fastening pins thereinto and therefrom an operating part, based on a signal input;
- rotating a select lever part coupled to a shift lever based on a shift pattern along with the shift lever that corresponds to a position of a shift stage based on the shift pattern;
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- inserting the fastening pins within a plurality of insertion apertures to selectively permit or limit the rotation of the shift lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.