Universal control for electrically controlled vehicle transmission
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Suman, David A. Muyres
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Abstract
An electrical transmission control employs in one embodiment, a rotary dial switch as a gear selector control which includes a plug means for connecting the switch directly into a receiving socket mounted to the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the vehicle includes a plurality of sockets such that the gear selector control can be mounted at a preferred one of the locations. In another embodiment, the selector switch is a slide type switch. The switch can be removed from the socket and/or vehicle for providing anti-theft security preventing the transmission from being shifted without the gear selected control.
Claims24
A gear select control system for a vehicle transmission comprising:
- an electrical control circuit for providing transmission control signals for shifting the transmission to different gear positions;
- a plurality of separate electrical socket means mounted at different spaced locations within a vehicle, each of said socket means having identically constructed receptors electrically connected to a first electrical conductor means for completing an electrical connection to said electrical control circuit;
- means for coupling said electrical control circuit to at least one of said first electrical conductor means of one of said sockets;
- a gear select control unit having an electrical plug means receivable in any one of said receptors, said electrical plug means having second conductor means electrically connected to said first electrical conductor means of said one of said electrical sockets receiving said plug to thereby electrically connect said second conductor means of said gear select control unit to said electrical control circuit;
- means coupled to said electrical control circuit for receiving said transmission control signals and coupled to the transmission for shifting the transmission in response to said transmission control signals;
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- said gear select control unit having switch means electrically connected to said second electrical conductor means and movable between a plurality of different positions corresponding to different gears of the transmission of the vehicle for providing gear select signals to said control circuit which responds thereto for providing said transmission control signals.
A gear select control system for a vehicle transmission comprising:
- a plurality of separate electrical sockets mounted at different spaced locations within a vehicle, each socket being identically constructed for receiving a plug-in gear select control switch unit;
- a gear select control switch unit having an electrical plug means constructed to be received in any one of said plurality of said electrical sockets;
- an electrical control circuit coupled to at least one of said sockets and to a transmission control member for shifting the transmission in response to transmission control signals therefrom;
- said gear select control switch unit having switch means movable between a plurality of different positions corresponding to different gears of the transmission of the vehicle for providing gear select signals to said control circuit which responds thereto for providing said transmission control signals.
A gear select control system for a vehicle transmission comprising:
- a plurality of separate identically constructed receptors located in different spaced locations of a vehicle, each of said receptors including an electrical socket for receiving a plug-in transmission control switch unit;
- a transmission control switch unit having an electrical plug means receivable in any one of said sockets of said plurality of receptors;
- an electrical control circuit coupled to at least one of said sockets and to a transmission control member for shifting the transmission in response to transmission control signals therefrom;
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- said transmission control switch unit being constructed of a housing including a gear select control switch having a movable contact and fixed contacts, wherein said movable contacts moves between a plurality of different positions corresponding to different gears of the transmission of the vehicle for providing gear select signals to said control circuit which responds thereto for providing said transmission control signals and plug means coupled to said switch for coupling said switch into said electrical socket of any one of said receptors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.