Shift device
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsAtsuto Ogino, Kota Ishikawa, Kentaro Baba
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Abstract
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including a plurality of valley portions corresponding to shift positions; a motor that includes a rotor and a stator and that is configured to drive the shift switching member; and a positioning member configured to establish the shift positions in a state in which the positioning member is fitted into any one of the plurality of valley portions of the shift switching member. The shift device is configured to learn the shift positions based on a change amount of a load torque applied to the motor while the positioning member is moved to continuously pass through the plurality of valley portions.
Claims6
A shift device comprising:
- a shift switching member including a plurality of valley portions corresponding to shift positions;
- a motor that includes a rotor and a stator and that is configured to drive the shift switching member;
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- a positioning member configured to establish the shift positions in a state in which the positioning member is fitted into any one of the plurality of valley portions of the shift switching member, wherein
- the shift device is configured to learn the shift positions based on a change amount of a load torque applied to the motor while the positioning member is moved to continuously pass through the plurality of valley portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.