Shift lever assembly for automatic transmission vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsYong Ik Kim, Bum Jun Kim
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Abstract
A shift lever assembly for an automatic transmission vehicle is provided. A moderate feeling experienced by a driver is provided by using magnetic forces of a bullet magnet and a groove magnet when moving a shift lever in a shift direction and in a select direction. Since the bullet magnet and the groove magnet are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to avoid coming into contact with each other within a range affected by magnetic forces thereof, damage due to wear is prevented and operating noise is reduced significantly.
Claims11
A shift lever assembly for an automatic transmission vehicle, comprising:
- a bullet elastically mounted to a shift lever through a spring;
- a bullet magnet coupled to the bullet to be exposed through a surface of a fore end of the bullet;
- a position fixing member fixedly disposed in a lever housing to face the fore end of the bullet, and having a connecting groove that connects an automatic mode groove and a sports mode groove together;
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- a groove magnet coupled to the automatic mode groove, the sports mode groove, and the connecting groove to be exposed through surfaces thereof,
- wherein the bullet magnet and the groove magnet are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to avoid coming into contact with each other within a range affected by magnetic forces thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.