Shift apparatus for vehicles
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorNoriyasu Syamoto
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Abstract
A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle driven by an engine. The shift apparatus includes a plurality of shift selectors that are pushed. The shift selectors instruct the shifting of gears. A rotatable engine start actuator is arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selectors to start the engine when rotated. A confirmation device confirms that the person operating the shift apparatus is an authorized user. A first enabling device enables the rotation of the engine start actuator based on the confirmation result of the confirmation device.
Claims14
A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle driven by an engine, the shift apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of shift selectors that are pushed, wherein the shift selectors instruct the shifting of gears;
- a rotatable engine start actuator arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selectors to instruct the starting of the engine when rotated;
- a confirmation device for confirming that the person operating the shift apparatus is the proper user;
- a first enabling device for enabling the rotation of the engine start actuator based on the confirmation result of the confirmation device;
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- a second enabling device integrally movable with the engine start actuator between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein the pushing of the shift selectors is disabled and enabled in the lock position and the unlock position, respectively.
A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle driven by an engine, the shift apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of shift selectors that are pushed, wherein the shift selectors instruct the shifting of gears;
- a rotatable engine start actuator arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selectors to instruct the starting of the engine when rotated;
- a confirmation device for confirming that the person operating the shift apparatus is the proper user;
- a first enabling device for enabling the rotation of the engine start actuator based on the confirmation result of the confirmation device;
- a first detecting device for detecting whether the engine start actuator is rotated;
- an engine control unit for driving the engine based on the detection result of the first detecting device;
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- a second enabling device integrally movable with the engine start actuator between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein the pushing of the shift selectors is disabled and enabled in the lock position and the unlock position, respectively.
A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle driven by an engine, the shift apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of shift selectors that are pushed, wherein the shift selectors instruct the shifting of gears;
- a rotatable engine start actuator arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selectors to instruct the starting of the engine when rotated;
- a confirmation device for confirming that the person operating the shift apparatus is the proper user;
- wherein the confirmation device includes a controller for recognizing the proper user when external data matches prestored data;
- a first enabling device for enabling the rotation of the engine start actuator based on the confirmation result of the confirmation device, wherein the first enabling device includes a solenoid excited and de-excited by the controller, the solenoid having a plunger that interferes with and disables the rotation of the engine start actuator when the solenoid is de-excited and moves to a position enabling the rotation of the engine start actuator when the solenoid is excited;
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- a second enabling device including a rotor plate rotated integrally with the engine start actuator, wherein the rotation of the engine start actuator rotates the rotor plate between a lock position for disabling the pushing of the shift selectors and an unlock position for enabling the pushing of the shift selectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.