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US 2017/0184194 A1Published application
Vehicle shift system
AssigneeThunder Power Hong Kong Ltd.
InventorJia-Wei Ding
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Abstract
A vehicle shift system, including a shift pedal, a sensor configured to generate a first signal when the shift pedal moves in a first direction, and a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to control a transmission to change from a first transmission setting to a second transmission setting in response to the first signal.
Claims20
A vehicle shift system, comprising:
- a portion of a vehicle interior defining a cavity;
- a shift pedal within the cavity, the shift pedal comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end couples to the portion of the vehicle interior and the second end freely rotates within the cavity, the shift pedal changes position by rotating about the first end between a rest position and a shift position, wherein the shift pedal is substantially level with a surface surrounding the cavity in the rest position;
- a biasing element coupled to the shift pedal that biases the shift pedal from the shift position to the rest position;
- and
- a controller configured to control a transmission to change from a first transmission setting to a second transmission setting in response to rotation of the shift pedal to the shift position.
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A method of changing transmission settings in a vehicle with a vehicle shift system, comprising:
- receiving a first signal from a sensor, wherein the sensor emits the first signal in response to a shift pedal rotating to a shift position a first time, wherein the shift pedal rests within a cavity defined by an interior of the vehicle with the shift pedal positioned substantially level with a surface surrounding the cavity;
- receiving a second signal from the sensor, wherein the sensor emits the second signal in response to the shift pedal rotating to the shift position a second time;
- and
- controlling a transmission to change between a first transmission setting and a second transmission setting in response to the first signal, and to change from the second transmission setting to the first transmission setting in response to the second signal.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- an interior surface that defines a cavity;
- a transmission;
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- a vehicle shift system, comprising:
- a shift pedal within the cavity, the shift pedal comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end couples to a portion of the vehicle interior and the second end freely rotates within the cavity, the shift pedal changes position by rotating about the first end between a rest position and a shift position, wherein the shift pedal is substantially level with a surface surrounding the cavity in the rest position;
- a biasing element coupled to the shift pedal that biases the shift pedal from the shift position to the rest position;
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- a controller configured to control the transmission to change from a first transmission setting to a second transmission setting in response to rotation of the shift pedal to the shift position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.