Jamming Protection Apparatus of Shift Lever For Vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJae Sung Heo
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Abstract
An embodiment method of operating a vehicle comprises detecting a first position of a shift lever, determining whether the first position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state, and, in response to the first position of the shift lever being in the abnormal state, moving a detent portion of a housing relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data..
Claims19
A method of operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a position of a shift lever;
- determining whether the position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state;
- when the position of the shift lever is in the abnormal state, causing a detent portion of a housing to move relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data;
- and
- when the position of the shift lever is in the normal state, leaving the detent portion in place relative to the contact portion.
A method of operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a first position of a shift lever;
- determining whether the first position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state;
- and
- in response to the first position of the shift lever being in the abnormal state, moving a detent portion of a housing relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data.
The method of claim 8, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the first position of the shift lever a pre-determined time after the shift lever has been moved. ii. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining comprises determining whether the first position of the shift lever is in the normal state or in the abnormal state after the pre-determined time has elapsed.
A method of operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a position of a shift lever;
- determining whether the position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state;
- in response to the position of the shift lever being in the abnormal state, moving a detent portion of a housing relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data;
- after the moving the detent portion, determining whether the position of the shift lever has changed;
- and
- in response to the position of the shift lever not being changed, continuing the moving of the detent portion relative to the contact portion in accordance with the pre-stored position data.
The method of claim i6, further comprising:
- detecting a new position of the shift lever;
- determining whether the new position of the shift lever is in the normal state or the abnormal state;
- and
- in response to the new position of the shift lever being in the normal state, leaving the detent portion in place relative to the contact portion in accordance with the new position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.