Shift device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677351-B2
Application number	US-201715845409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2017
Priority date	Dec 26, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

In a transmission mechanism, a motor is driven to rotate a rotation shaft, thereby rotating a rotor cam and a lock gear through a worm gear, a helical gear, and an intermediate gear. A cam is rotated integrally with the lock gear, thereby causing a lock bar to move to a position to restrict rotation of a knob and to a position to release rotation-restriction of the knob. A magnet is provided at the lock gear, and the magnet rotates integrally with the lock gear. Accordingly, the position of the rotor cam and the position of the lock bar can be detected from the position of the magnet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift device comprising:
a rotation body, a shift position being changed by the rotation body being rotated; and
a plurality of rotation members, one of which is rotated due to another one being rotated, and that are configured to rotate the rotation body when the rotation members are rotated;
a lock gear;
a rotation restriction section that is configured to perform restriction of rotation of the rotation body and release of restriction of rotation of the rotation body when the lock gear is rotated; and
a detection section that is provided at the lock gear and that detects a position of the rotation restriction section by detecting a position of the lock gear,
wherein a cam portion having a cam face is integrally provided at an axial end face of and is rotated integrally with said lock gear, the detection section being fixed to the lock gear, and
wherein the rotation restriction section is abutted by the cam face so as to restrict rotation of the rotation body and release restriction of rotation of the rotation body by the rotation restriction section being moved with respect to the rotation body when the lock gear is rotated, and
wherein a center axis of rotation of the rotation body is parallel to a center axis of rotation of the lock gear.

2. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation body is rotated to a predetermined shift position by the rotation members being rotated.

3. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein one of the rotation members, and the rotation body is rotated to a predetermined shift position by a rotor cam being rotated.

4. The shift device of claim 3 , wherein the rotor cam is disposed coaxially with the rotation body.

5. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the lock gear is rotated at reduced speed.

6. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation restriction section performs restriction of rotation of the rotation body and release of restriction of rotation of the rotation body by the rotation restriction section being moved linearly due to rotation of the lock gear.

7. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the restriction section includes a lock projection that is moved into and out of locking engagement with the rotation body by the engagement between the cam face of the cam portion and the restriction section.

8. The shift device of claim 6 , wherein the restriction section includes a lock projection that is moved into and out of locking engagement with the rotation body by the engagement between the cam face of the cam portion and the restriction section.

Assignees

• Tokai Rika Co Ltd
• Kabushki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Saisakusho

Inventors

• Mochizuki Shuichi
• Makimura Munetoshi

Classifications

• G05G5/04

  Stops for limiting movement of members, e.g. adjustable stop (G05G5/03, G05G5/05, G05G5/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16H61/22 Primary

  Locking {of the control input devices} (constructional features of locking or disabling mechanisms F16H63/34) · CPC title

• F16H59/54

  dependent on signals from the brakes, e.g. parking brakes · CPC title

• F16H59/08 Primary

  Range selector apparatus · CPC title

• G05G5/005

  for preventing unintentional use of a control mechanism (G05G5/28 takes precedence) · CPC title