Shifter assembly having a sensing arrangement
AssigneeKongsberg Automotive AB
InventorAnders Kvarnström
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Abstract
A shifter assembly for changing gears in a vehicle transmission including a housing, a shift lever, an emitter, a detector, and a link. The lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and is movable in a first gate along a first plurality of shift paths, and in a different second gate along a second plurality of paths. The emitter is spaced from the lever and is movable along a fixed path and the detector can determine a position of the emitter along the path. The link is attached to the lever and the emitter such that movement of the lever in either gate causes movement of the emitter along the path. The link is coupled to the lever and the emitter so to permit movement of the shift relative to the link during movement of the lever.
Claims23
A shifter assembly for changing gears in a vehicle transmission, said shifter assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a shift lever pivotally mounted to said housing and movable in a first gate along a first plurality of shift paths, and movable in a second gate along a second plurality of shift paths with said second gate being different than said first gate;
- an emitter spaced from said shift lever and movable along a fixed path;
- a detector coupled to said housing to identify a number of discrete positions of said emitter along said fixed path relative to said detector;
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- a link operatively attached to said shift lever and said emitter such that said movement of said shift lever in said first gate causes corresponding movement of said emitter along said fixed path, and said movement of said shift lever in said second gate causes corresponding movement of said emitter also along said fixed path with a portion of said discrete positions of said emitter identified by said detector being the same when said shift lever moves in said first gate and when said shift lever moves in said second gate, and with said link coupled to said shift lever and said emitter in such a manner as to permit movement of said shift lever relative to said link during said movement of said shift lever.
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