Vehicle gear shift system
AssigneeMont Invest 30 AS
InventorKnut Tore Ljøsne
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Abstract
A vehicle and a vehicle gear shift system (1) comprising: —an energy source (20); —an energy storage element (30), and —a longitudinal energy transfer element (50, 150) configured to interconnect the gear shift element (10) and the energy storage element (30); wherein the energy source (20) is configured to load or charge the energy storage element (30) with potential energy via a movement of the energy transfer element (50) in its longitudinal direction with regards to the energy storage element.
Claims11
A vehicle gear shift system configured to move a gear shift element in a multispeed gear system, the vehicle gear shift system comprising:
- an energy source;
- an energy storage element;
- and
- a longitudinal energy transfer element configured to interconnect the gear shift element and the energy storage element,
- wherein the energy source is configured to load or charge the energy storage element with potential energy via a movement of the energy transfer element in its longitudinal direction with regards to the energy storage element, and
- wherein the energy storage element is configured to move the gear shift element in two opposite directions from an equilibrium position in which the energy storage element is not charged or loaded with energy from the energy source.
A method for shifting gear of a vehicle including a multispeed gear system, a vehicle gear shift system including a movable shift element configured to shift gears in the multispeed gear system, an energy source, an energy storage element configured to move the shift element, and a longitudinal energy transfer element configured to interconnect the gear shift element and the energy storage element, the method comprising:
- initiating energy delivery from the energy source to the energy storage element at a start time and to end energy delivery a pre-defined timespan after the start time, the energy storage element being configured to move the movable shift element in two opposite directions from an equilibrium position in which the energy storage element is not charged or loaded with energy from the energy source.
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