Vehicle gear selection control
AssigneeBulletproof Property Management, LLC
InventorBennet Langlotz
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Abstract
A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.
Claims20
A motor vehicle for operation by a driver comprising:
- a frame having wheels;
- a motor connected to the frame;
- a steering control operable by the driver to generate a steering input;
- a drive system operably connected to the steering control to receive the steering input;
- the drive system operable selectably to drive the vehicle in a forward direction and a rear direction;
- the drive system operable based on the steering input to offer the driver a change in the drive direction;
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- after offering the driver the change in the drive direction, the drive system operable in response to an approval indication from the driver to change the drive direction.
A motor vehicle for operation by a driver comprising:
- a frame having wheels;
- a motor connected to the frame;
- a steering control operable by the driver to generate a steering input;
- a controller operably connected to the steering control to receive the steering input;
- the controller operable selectably to drive the vehicle in a forward direction and a rear direction;
- the controller operable based on the steering input to offer the driver a change in the drive direction;
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- after offering the driver the change in the drive direction, the controller operable in response to an approval indication from the driver to change the drive direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.