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US 12,663,074 B2Granted
Shift device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsMakoto Yamamoto, Yutaka Inamura, Takuya Watanabe, Koji Kobayashi
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Abstract
In a shift device, a P position, an R position, an N position, and a D position are set on a housing, and when an electrostatic sheet detects a touch operation on the P position, the R position, the N position, or the D position and a photosensor detects a pressing operation on the housing, a shift range of a transmission is changed. Therefore, the number of components can be reduced.
Claims5
A shift device comprising:
- a single operation body on which a plurality of shift positions are set on a front side surface, the operation body being configured to be displaceable toward a back side when pressed;
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- a detection portion including a plurality of touch sensors arranged respectively corresponding to the plurality of shift positions and configured to detect a touch operation on the shift position, and a pressing sensor configured to detect a pressing operation on the operation body by detecting a displacement distance of the entire operation body toward the back side due to the pressing operation on the operation body,
- wherein the detection portion is configured to detect, by one of the touch sensors, a touch operation on a specific shift position among the plurality of shift positions to select the specific shift position, and
- wherein the detection portion is configured to detect, by the pressing sensor, after the specific shift position has been selected, that a pressing operation has been performed on the operation body and to change a shift range of a transmission of a vehicle to a specific shift range.
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