US 2004/0018907 A1Published application

Shift range changeover mechanism

AssigneeAisin Aw Co., Ltd.

InventorsShigeo Tsuzuki, Jiro Maeda, Naoki Ohkoshi

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Abstract

A vehicle range changeover mechanism is driven in response to operation of a shift lever. The range changeover mechanism has an output sector gear that is unrotatably connected to a range control shaft, and a position detecting sensor, a portion of which that is interlocked with and connected to the range control shaft. Looseness between the output sector gear and the position detecting sensor portion is eliminated by provision of a leaf or spring plate, thereby assuring rotation of the position detecting sensor portion corresponding one to one with the rotational motion of the range control shaft.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A vehicle shift range changeover mechanism comprising:

a shift range selecting mechanism;
a drive mechanism that operates in response to operation of the shift range selecting mechanism;
a shift range operator that changes shift range with driving force from the drive mechanism;
a range control shaft that transfers the driving force from the drive mechanism to the shift range operator, said range control shaft being connected to a gear member in a manner prohibiting relative rotation therebetween, said gear member being rotatably driven by said drive mechanism;
and
a detecting mechanism that detects rotational position of said range control shaft, a portion of the detecting mechanism being directly connected to the range control shaft for rotation therewith.

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Facts

Application: 10/372,634Filed 25 Feb 2003
Priority: JP 2002-05471728 Feb 2002
Published: 29 Jan 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F16H 59/08
Selector apparatus: range selector apparatus
F16H 61/32
With at least one movement of the final actuating mechanism being caused by a non-mechanical force, e.g. power-assisted: electric motors ,…
F16H 59/105
Comprising levers: consisting of electrical switches or sensors
F16H 2061/326
Electric motors , actuators or related electrical control means therefor: actuators for range selection, i.e. actuators for controlling the range…

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