Automobile paddle shifters with secondary paddles
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorAndrew Sata
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Abstract
A system for controlling gear changes in a vehicle. The system may include at least one primary paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and/or the steering column. The system also includes at least one auxiliary paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel, the steering column and/or the at least one primary paddle shifter. The primary paddle shifter may engage a primary function, such as one sequential gear shift up or down and the auxiliary paddle shifter may engage a secondary function, such as an optimal gear shift up or down.
Claims20
A system for controlling gear changes of a transmission in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- a first paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a first signal and a second signal;
- a second paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a third signal and a fourth signal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear up-shift in response to receiving the first signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear down-shift in response to receiving the second signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear up-shift in response to receiving the third signal, and
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear down-shift in response to receiving the fourth signal.
A system for controlling gear changes of a transmission in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- a first paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a first signal and a second signal;
- a second paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a third signal and a fourth signal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear up-shift in response to receiving the first signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear up-shift in response to receiving the second signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear down-shift in response to receiving the third signal, and
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear down-shift in response to receiving the fourth signal.
A system for controlling gear changes of a transmission in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- a first paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a first signal;
- a second paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a second signal;
- a third paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a third signal;
- a fourth paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and configured to generate a fourth signal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear up-shift in response to receiving the first signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a single gear down-shift in response to receiving the second signal,
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear up-shift in response to receiving the third signal, and
- instruct the transmission to perform a multiple gear down-shift in response to receiving the fourth signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.