Bywire system shift lever device for vehicles
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorHironori Kato
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Abstract
A bywire system shift lever device for vehicles includes a base member, a lever member to be driven by an operating element, an electric motor provided on the lever member, a transmission mechanism to transmit a rotation of a rotating shaft to the lever member, a first position detecting sensor for supplying first position signals representing the operating angle of the lever member, and a second position detecting sensor for supplying second position signals. Consequently the electric motor is controlled by the second position signals and thus a predetermined sensory resistance is provided to the operating element by a force of the rotating shaft of the electric motor applied via transmission mechanisms.
Claims20
A bywire system shift lever device for vehicles comprising:
- a base member;
- a lever member mounted on said base member so as to be capable of being driven within a predetermined range of angles and having an operating element;
- the lever member being driven by operating said operating element;
- an electric motor mounted on said lever member;
- a transmission mechanism for transmitting rotation of a rotating shaft of said electric motor to said lever member;
- a first position detecting sensor for supplying first position signals representing an operating angle of said lever member;
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- a second position detecting sensor for supplying second position signals representing the operation of said lever member via said transmission mechanism,
- wherein a rotational force of said rotating shaft of said electric motor is controlled by said second position signals so that a predetermined sensory resistance is provided to said operating element by a force of said rotating shaft of said electric motor applied via said transmission mechanism by controlling said electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.