Integrated apparatus for detecting gear shifting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9689488-B2
Application number	US-201314059201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2013
Priority date	Nov 6, 2012
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

An integrated apparatus for detecting a gear shifting is provide that has a switch and a gear shifting detection controller for detecting a sports mode of a vehicle that are integrally implemented. The apparatus is configured to detect whether the mode is converted in to the sports mode based on a non-contact recognition manner. Therefore, production and assembly processes are simplified for providing the gear shifting detection controller and the switch to a gear shifting detection configuration, thereby reducing production costs, minimizing noise generated when a general gear shifting mode is converted into the sports mode, or the sports mode is converted into the general gear shifting mode. In addition, a lifespan of the switch configured to detect whether the mode is converted into the sports mode is increased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift lever device, comprising:
a shift lever configured to move in a gear shifting mode and a sports mode, wherein the shift lever includes an upper end linkage shaft protrusion, a lower end linkage shaft protrusion, and a predetermined shaft;
a first magnet disposed at one side of the upper end linkage shaft protrusion of the shift lever;
an integrated apparatus configured to detect a position of the shift lever, wherein the integrated apparatus includes a switch and a gear shifting detection controller formed as a unit,
wherein the switch includes an elastic member that provides restraining force to the predetermined shaft when the shift lever moves in the sports mode and a first hall sensor configured to detect a first magnetic field generated from the first magnet when the shift lever moves in the sports mode,
wherein the gear shifting detection controller includes a rotating member that is moved together with the lower end linkage shaft protrusion and a second hall sensor configured to detect a second magnetic field generated from a second magnet disposed at the rotating member; and
wherein the upper end linkage shaft protrusion, lower end linkage shaft protrusion, and the predetermined shaft are disposed in a same direction toward the integrated apparatus.

2. The shift lever device of claim 1 , wherein the integrated apparatus includes an aperture,
wherein the upper end linkage shaft protrusion and the predetermined shaft protrude to be oriented toward the aperture of the integrated apparatus, and
wherein the upper end linkage shaft protrusion and the predetermined shaft are inserted into the aperture when the shift lever moves to the sports mode.

3. The shift lever device of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generated from the first magnet is set to be detected by the first hall sensor when the sports mode is selected.

4. The shift lever device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller configured to determine a gear shifting stage based on the output result provided from one or more of the switch and the gear shifting detection controller,
wherein the controller is configured to determine that the gear shifting stage of the sports mode is selected when the magnetic field of the first magnet is detected by the first sensor.

5. The shift lever device of claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to determine that the gear shifting stage of the sports mode is released when the magnetic field of the first magnet is not detected by the first sensor.

6. The shift lever device of claim 1 , wherein the rotating member is configured to be operated with respect to the position movement and the position movement of a width direction by the lower end linkage shaft protrusion of the shift lever.

Assignees

• Sl Corp

Inventors

• Youn Sug Jun
• Ko Kin Yeong

Classifications

• F16H2059/0239

  Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement · CPC title

• Y10T74/2014

  Manually operated selector [e.g., remotely controlled device, lever, push button, rotary dial, etc.] · CPC title

• F16H59/0204 Primary

  for automatic transmissions with means for range selection and manual shifting, e.g. range selector with tiptronic · CPC title

• B60K20/02

  of initiating means · CPC title

• F16H59/10 Primary

  comprising levers · CPC title