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US 5,852,953 AGranted
Shifting device for a transmission of motor vehicles
AssigneeLemforder Metallwaren AG
InventorMetin Ersoy
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Abstract
A shifting device for a transmission of motor vehicles, wherein a gearshift lever is coupled during the shifting process with a control lug, which reflects a signal, which is sent as a signal corresponding to the shift position of the gearshift lever to a control unit of the transmission.
Claims17
A shifting device for a transmission of motor vehicles, comprising:
- a gearshift selector lever;
- a shift lever duct with a duct opening, said selector lever being pivotable within said shift lever duct around a selector axis located deeper than said duct opening;
- spring loaded locking means for providing spring forces acting at right angles to said duct opening for holding said shift lever in at least one of a plurality of shift positions, said shift positions being disposed laterally offset in relation to one another, said shift lever being manually pivotable in a shift position associated with the automatic shifting for the stepwise shifting of the gears of the transmission;
- a plurality of sensors, each sensor being disposed adjacent to a shifting position;
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- a control lug provided with signal surfaces, said gearshift selector lever being coupled with said control lug, said control lug being movable to locations with at least one of said signal surfaces disposed adjacent to one of said sensors, wherein at least one of said sensors transmit a signal corresponding to a shift position of said gearshift lever to a control unit of the transmission.
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A shifting device for a transmission of motor vehicles, comprising:
- a gearshift selector lever;
- a plurality of sensors, each sensor being disposed adjacent to a shifting position;
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- a control lug provided with signal surfaces, said gearshift selector lever being coupled with said control lug, said control lug being movable to locations with at least one of said signal surfaces disposed adjacent to one of said sensors, wherein at least one of said sensors transmit a signal corresponding to a shift position of said gearshift lever to a control unit of the transmission;
- a shift lever duct with a duct opening, said selector lever being pivotable within said shift lever duct around a selector axis located deeper than said duct opening;
- spring loaded locking means for providing spring forces acting at right angles to said duct opening for holding said shift lever in at least one of a plurality of shift positions, said shift positions being disposed laterally offset in relation to one another, said shift lever being manually pivotable in a shift position associated with the automatic shifting for the stepwise shifting of the gears of the transmission;
- a surface structure defining surfaces, wherein forces for feeling the shifting movements of the gearshift selector lever in the gearshift mechanism are generated by surfaces having a defined profile in contact with said locking means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.