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US 2017/0284536 A1Published application
Shift device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitsugu Wakita, Toshio Ogawa
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Abstract
A shift device includes an operating lever, a detection shaft configured to be driven linearly in a first operation direction in response to an operation of the operating lever and be rotated in a second operation direction in response to an operation of the operating lever, a magnet configured to move together with the detection shaft, and two magnetic sensors. The two magnetic sensors detect a movement of the magnet in the two directions to detect a shift position of the operating lever.
Claims6
A shift device comprising:
- an operating lever;
- a detection shaft configured to be driven linearly in a first operation direction in response to a movement of the operating lever in the first operation direction and be rotated in a second operation direction different from the first operation direction in response to a rotation of the operating lever in the second operation direction, a movement of the detection shaft in each of the first and second operation directions causing a shift position of the operating lever in the direction to be detected;
- a magnet that moves together with the detection shaft;
- a first magnetic sensor that detects a change in magnetic flux of the magnet to detect the shift position of the operating lever in the first operation direction;
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- a second magnetic sensor that detects a change in magnetic flux of the magnet to detect the shift position of the operating lever in the second operation direction.
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