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US 8,955,405 B2Granted
Automotive transmission
AssigneeSL Corporation
InventorsChun Nyung Heo, Kwang Gi Lee, Dong Jae Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an automotive transmission which includes shift lever which moves in a first direction and a second direction to select a shift position and a shift mode selection unit which is installed at one side of the shift lever to select a shift mode. Additionally, the disclosed automotive transmission also includes a shift blocking unit which selectively blocks movement of the shift lever in the first direction and the second direction such that a shift position of the selected shift mode is selected.
Claims24
An automotive transmission comprising:
- a shift lever configured to move in a first direction that includes a first set of shift positions to provide a first shift mode and a second direction that includes a second set of shift positions to provide a second shift mode;
- a knob rotatably attached on one end of the shift lever to select one of the first shift mode and the second shift mode by rotating the knob about the one end of the shift lever to which the knob is rotatably attached to the shift lever;
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- a shift blocking unit configured to (i) selectively block the shift lever from moving from one of the first set of shift positions to one of the second set of shift positions in case where the first shift mode is selected, and (ii) selectively block the shift lever from moving from one of the second set of shift positions to one of the first set of shift positions in case where the second shift mode is selected.
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