Gear Shift Lever Patents (Class 200/61.88)
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Patent number: 11850939Abstract: A steering column assembly module having an operating device for setting an operating parameter of a motor vehicle comprises a static central element that annularly surrounds a steering axis, and a recess, and has an elongated rotary element with a longitudinal axis, and comprises a grip section, and a bearing section that is fixedly connected to the grip section. In this context, the bearing section of the rotary element is disposed in the recess of the central element at least sectionally, and is mounted in the central element rotatably about the longitudinal axis, wherein a rotation sensor is configured to detect a rotational position of the rotary element, and in dependence upon the detected rotational position, to generate a control signal for setting the operating parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Arne Viohl
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Patent number: 11554834Abstract: An operating system for a human-powered vehicle comprises a first operating device, a second operating device, a first user interface, and a second user interface. The first operating device comprises a first base member and a first operating member. The second operating device comprises a second base member and a second operating member. The first user interface is configured to receive a first user input and mounted to the first operating device. The second user interface is configured to receive a second user input and mounted to the second operating device. At least one of the first user interface and the second user interface is configured to be operated to control an assist driving unit configured to assist a human power.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Toshio Tetsuka, Taihei Nishihara, Eiji Mishima, Takuma Sakai, Takafumi Nishino, Takehiko Nakajima
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Patent number: 11284529Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic component housing comprising: a first housing; a second housing; a sealing member positioned between the first housing and the second housing; and a fixing member for fixing the first housing to the second housing, wherein the sealing member penetrates the first housing so as to be insert-injected therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hoo Jung, Woo Sang Chung
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Patent number: 11235536Abstract: A protrusion on a first member made of synthetic resin wherein a laser beam is applied to a side surface of the protrusion in a state in which a top surface of the protrusion of the first member is abutted against a second member made of synthetic resin, so as to melt at least the entire top surface of the protrusion and melt a portion of the second member in contact with the protrusion by heat of the melted top surface of the protrusion, followed by solidification of the melted portions, whereby the first member and the second member are welded together.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Takayuki Mori, Kenichi Hirosaki, Wataru Okumura, Daisuke Mori, Yoshihiro Iwano, Kazuaki Amaoka
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Patent number: 11162467Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
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Patent number: 11092127Abstract: A remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
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Patent number: 11073205Abstract: In at least some implementations, a vehicle shift lever assembly includes a shift lever movable about a first pivot axis within a first shift path having multiple shift positions, and movable about a second pivot axis to a second shift path having at least one shift position, and the second pivot axis is not parallel to the first pivot axis, and a sensor element coupled to the shift lever for movement with the shift lever. The sensor element is oriented in a different position when the shift lever is in each of the shift positions in the first shift path and each of the shift positions of the second shift path.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: DUS OPERATING INC.Inventors: Joseph D. Jiran, Dale A. Beattie, Alberto Polonio
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Patent number: 11002357Abstract: There is provided a shift device including: a shift body whose shift position is altered when the shift body is moved; a moving body that is movably provided at the shift body; an abutting portion that is provided at one of the shift body or the moving body; and a protruding portion that is provided at the other of the shift body or the moving body, and in which groove portions are provided between plural protrusions, and that causes movement of the moving body to be stopped when the plural protrusions and the abutting portion abut against each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventor: Yu Kageyama
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Patent number: 11001141Abstract: A control system includes a joystick and a computer. The joystick includes a joystick body, a cover hingedly coupled to the joystick body and movable between an open position and a closed position, and an input located on the joystick body. The input is exposed by the cover when the cover is in the open position and concealed by the cover when the cover is in the closed position. The computer is programmed to enter a first mode in response to the cover moving from the open position to the closed position, to enter a second mode in response to both the cover moving from the closed position to the open position and the input being activated, and to remain in a same of the first and second modes in response to the cover moving from the closed position to the open position without the input being activated.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Jonathan Paul Weiler, Christian J. Hosbach, Patrick Maloney
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Patent number: 10944202Abstract: A container for immersion cooling system includes a plural of container sidewalls, a circuit board, an inner connector, and an outer connector. The plural of container sidewalls form an accommodating space. One of the plural of container sidewalls has an opening. The circuit board is fixed to the one of the plural of container sidewalls and seals the opening. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is exposed to the accommodating space. The inner connector is fixed on the first surface and is located in the accommodating space. The outer connector is fixed on the second surface and is electrically connected to the inner connector through the circuit board. The outer connector is exposed out of the container. Therein, the circuit board, the inner connector, and the outer connector form an adapter module for the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corp., Inventec CorporationInventors: Kai-Yang Tung, Hung-Ju Chen
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Patent number: 10927951Abstract: The shift by wire shifter device comprises a selector that is movable relative to a fixed part according to a first shifting movement defined by a first shifting path and according to a second shifting movement defined by a second shifting path for selecting gearshift positions. One or both shifting paths extends from different gearshift positions. The selector and the fixed part are directly joined by a joint member such that the first shifting movement is a translational movement and the second shifting movement is a rotational movement, with the first and second shifting paths lying on the same plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: FICO TRIAD, S.A.Inventor: Javier Moreno Colom
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Patent number: 10930447Abstract: An inhibitor switch is attached to a manual shaft with a jig. The jig includes a fitting part and an engagement pin. The fitting part is spline-fitted to an outer periphery of the manual shaft. The engagement pin engages in a positioning hole of the inhibitor switch. The outer periphery of the manual shaft includes a tooth-omitted part formed by omitting at least one of spline teeth. The fitting part includes an insertion hole. The insertion hole includes an inner periphery including internal teeth and an engaging part, wherein the internal teeth meshes with the spline teeth, and wherein the engaging part engages with the tooth-omitted part. The jig is attached to the manual shaft with the engaging part engaged with the tooth-omitted part. The inhibitor switch is rotated about the rotation axis to a position allowing engagement of the positioning hole with the engagement pin.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: JATCO LTDInventor: Syunsuke Hinuma
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Patent number: 10906546Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission TechnologiesInventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, David L. Wadas, Thomas Connolly
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Patent number: 10858063Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a brake operating member, an additional operating member, an electrical switch, and a wireless communication unit. The brake operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The additional operating member is movably coupled to the brake operating member. The electrical switch is to provide an electric signal in response to a movement of the additional operating member. The electrical switch is disposed at the brake operating member. The wireless communication unit is connected to the electrical switch to transmit a wireless signal based on the electric signal. The wireless communication unit is disposed at the additional operating member.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Atsushi Komatsu, Takehiko Nakajima, Takafumi Nishino
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Patent number: 10696351Abstract: A bicycle controller is configured to communicate with a first bicycle component that transmits a first wireless signal and a second bicycle component that transmits a second wireless signal. The bicycle controller includes an interface configured to receive the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal. The first wireless signal has a center frequency that is a first frequency. The second wireless signal has a center frequency that is a second frequency. The second frequency differs from the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Takaya Masuda, Yoshiyuki Kasai
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Patent number: 10676150Abstract: An integrated drive for bicycle handlebars comprising a grip body having a shape and size suitable for being gripped by the cyclist in a holding condition while riding, a brake lever carried by the grip body, a hydraulic system mounted inside the grip body and mechanically actuated by the brake lever to send pressurised fluid into a braking system, and a set of gearshift drives, on said grip body. Such a drive, which encloses in the same grip body not only all that is needed to drive the hydraulic brake, but also drives for the gearshift and allows the overall bulk to be significantly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.Inventor: Giuseppe Dal PrÃ
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Patent number: 10443725Abstract: A vehicle includes a shift by wire (SBW) module that allows for electronic shifting between various gears, such as park, neutral, drive, etc. The SBW module includes one or more buttons that enable the shifting between the various gears. When the park gear is selected, a light source illuminates a symbol or a portion of the button associated with placing the vehicle into park. A controller is programmed to darken or dim the light source in response to an operator pressing one of the buttons while the vehicle is in the park gear. For example, when the vehicle is already in park, another depression of the park button can darken or dim the light source associated with the park button.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Rahat H. Khan
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Patent number: 10358145Abstract: An actuating device for shifting stages of a transmission, wherein a displaceable actuator for the manual selection of a shift stage (or driving mode) is provided, which can be adjusted into a plurality of positions. At least some or each of the positions can be assigned necessary conditions for the engagement of a shift stage assigned to the position. If the actuator is displaced into a position for which the conditions necessary for the same are not fulfilled, the associated shift stage is not engaged in the transmission and corresponding first signaling is carried out. Fulfillment of the necessary conditions of the associated shift stage following the displacement of the actuator into the position assigned to the shift stage or following the displacement in the direction of the associated position for the associated shift stage leads to the shift stage in the transmission being engaged.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Sickart, Arne Krüger, Gerd Bofinger
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Patent number: 10300892Abstract: A method to signal that a parking brake of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle is not engaged, during the detection that the driver or passenger door has been opened after the engine has been turned off, characterized in that a vehicle computing unit other than the transmission computer records the last signal related to the engaged state of the parking brake and triggers an alert signal conveyed to the passengers of the vehicle if the driver or passenger door is open and the parking device of the transmission is not engaged.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventor: Olivier Delannoye
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Patent number: 10281028Abstract: A shifter assembly in a motor vehicle includes a shifter housing. A shifter lever having first and second ends is coupled to the shifter housing at the second end. The shifter lever is rotatable about a pivot axis and is translatable parallel to the pivot axis. The shifter assembly has first and second 2-Dimensional (2D) magnetic sensors, and first and second magnets. The first magnet is coupled to the shifter lever between the first and second ends, proximate the first sensor, and has a first magnetic field in radial alignment with the shifter lever. The second magnet is coupled to the shifter lever between the first and second ends, proximate the second sensor, and has a second magnetic field perpendicular to the first magnetic field. The first sensor detects an angular displacement of the first magnetic field, and the second sensor detects an axial displacement of the second magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLCInventors: Mario Arturo Recio, Alberto Polonio Morales, Daniel William Raikes, II
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Patent number: 10253879Abstract: Provided is a transmission control system that enables more precise control of the transmission ratio. This transmission control system is provided with a motor, an actuator, a transmission, a position sensor, a current sensor, and a control unit. The control unit includes: a drive unit that drives the motor while the vehicle is stopped; and a first estimation unit that estimates the initial transmission ratio, which indicates the transmission ratio when the ignition switch is turned on, on the basis of a rotation position detected by the position sensor, a load current detected by the current sensor, and a characteristic curve over a period during which the drive unit is operating.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Hideki Sekiguchi, Fumihiro Ohsawa, Yuta Tanaka
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Patent number: 10201108Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, and the electronic control apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an electronic control element which includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and electronic components installed on a surface of the PCB; a cover and a base which accommodate the electronic control element; and a connector which is coupled to the electronic control element, wherein a front end portion having a protrusion is formed at an edge of the cover so that the PCB is inserted and mounted between the protrusion of the cover and an edge of the base, a projection portion is formed at a rear end portion of the edge of the base where the cover and the base come into contact with each other, and the cover and the projection portion of the base come into contact with each other so as to form a predetermined space between the front end portion and the rear end portion so that a sealing member is inserted into the predetermined space.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Ho Lee, Hyung Joon Moon, Seung Mok Song, Ju Hyung Lee, Sun Jae Yang
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Patent number: 10190675Abstract: A shifter assembly selects a first mode and a second mode of a transmission for a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a housing and a shift lever movably coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing. The shift lever includes a body and a cap defining an aperture and being coupled to the body. The cap is rotatable relative to the body between a first and a second orientations. The shift lever further includes a toggle device partially received by the cap in the aperture with at least a portion of the toggle device being moveably coupled to the body between a rest and a depressed positions. The shift lever further includes an element mounted to the toggle device and rotatable with the cap between the first and the second orientations. The shift lever further includes a sensor system configured to interact with the element to detect rotation of the cap between the first and the second orientations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Kongsberg Power Products Systems I, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Glenn Turney, Carlos Jose Pena, Timothy Clayton Smith, Kenichi Miyagi
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Patent number: 10168249Abstract: A transmission range selection sensor includes a housing defining a bore extending along a central axis. A piston is slideably disposed within the bore. A magnet carrier is attached to and moveable with the piston. A magnet is supported by and moveable with the magnet carrier. A first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor are supported by the housing and are spaced from each other along the central axis. A position of the magnet carrier along the central axis is determinable from a sensed magnetic flux from the first and second magnetic sensors. The sensor includes at least one magnetic flux concentrator attached to one of the magnet carrier or the housing. The flux concentrator is operable to concentrate the magnetic flux toward at least one of the first magnetic sensor or the second magnetic sensor depending upon a position of the magnet along the central axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Sean R. Wagner, Thomas A. Perry, Scott W. Piper, Cheol W. Kim
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Patent number: 10100919Abstract: A shifter assembly selects a first mode and a second mode of a transmission for a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a housing and a shift lever movably coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing. The shift lever includes a body and a cap defining an aperture and being coupled to the body. The cap is rotatable relative to the body between a first and a second orientations. The shift lever further includes a toggle device partially received by the cap in the aperture with at least a portion of the toggle device being moveably coupled to the body between a rest and a depressed positions. The shift lever further includes an element mounted to the toggle device and rotatable with the cap between the first and the second orientations. The shift lever further includes a sensor system configured to interact with the element to detect rotation of the cap between the first and the second orientations.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KONGSBERG POWER PRODUCTS SYSTEMS I, INC.Inventors: Christopher Glenn Turney, Carlos Jose Pena, Timothy Clayton Smith, Kenichi Miyagi
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Patent number: 10093383Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a user interface member, an electrical switch, and a transmitting structure. The user interface member is movably mounted to the base member to move relative to the base member in a first direction. The electrical switch is mounted to the base member. The transmitting structure is provided between the user interface member and the electrical switch to transmit a first movement of the user interface member in the first direction to the electrical switch in a second direction different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Noriko Masuta, Tsutomu Nanase
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Patent number: 10012307Abstract: A shifter assembly includes a shift lever, a base, a coupling member having a toothed member and pivotably coupling the shift lever to the base, and a speed sensitive damping arrangement housed in the base. The damping arrangement includes a housing associated with the base and defining an internal cavity, a shaft disposed in the cavity and having an end extending from the housing, and a gear coupled to the shaft end extending from the housing and configured for rotation therewith, where the gear is meshingly engaged with the toothed member of the coupling member such that pivotable movement of the coupling member rotates the gear and the shaft. The gear is configured to rotate faster than the shift lever such that damping to movement of the shift lever provided by the damping arrangement is proportional to a square of a speed of movement of the shift lever.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Jay T TenBrink, Michael Perecki
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Patent number: 9958058Abstract: The bar-end electric actuation device of a bicycle gearshift, comprising a body suitable for being mounted at an end of handlebars facing forwards in the direction of travel (X) of the bicycle and a first and a second electric actuation member acting on respective electrical contacts which are mounted in the body and are suitable for controlling gearshifting, upwards and downwards respectively. The first and the second electric actuation member are faced by said body according to a respective facing direction, angularly spaced apart by an angle (?) that is between 60° and 130°. Moreover, the body is suitable for being positioned externally around the end of the handlebars, leaving free access to the inside of the end itself.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.Inventors: Luca Burato, Maurizio Valle
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Patent number: 9941079Abstract: A handle switch for use on a vehicle includes a plurality of switches for operating electric devices on a vehicle. The handle switch is mounted on a switch case fixed to a handlebar of the motorcycle, wherein the plurality of switches include a composite switch having a plurality of operating directions and other switches having less operating directions than the composite switch. The composite switch is disposed on the switch in a position closer to a center of a vehicle body, and the other switches are disposed in a position between a handle grip fixed to an end of the handlebar and the composite switch. The composite switch has an operating portion is directed rearwardly of the vehicle body. The operating portion of the composite switch includes a four-way switch as a plural-direction operator projects rearwardly of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Osanai, Yutaka Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9844140Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of preventing stress from being generated in each of joining portions of electronic circuit components joined to a printed circuit board, thereby preventing breakage in each of the joining portions. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (1), and a housing having the printed circuit board (1) received therein. A rubber packing (4), which is interposed between a case main body (2) and a cover (3), is elastically compressed due to a fastening force of case-and-cover fastening screws (31) so that a packing main body (4a) hermetically seals an inside of the housing. Packing projecting portions (45) of the rubber packing (4) press circuit-board protruding portions (15), to thereby hold the printed circuit board (1) inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Tetsuya Oba
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Patent number: 9711304Abstract: A control device for a bicycle on-board electronic device that includes: a switch for inputting a command of the on-board electronic device. There is a control member with a constraint region, a driving region configured to be pushed by a cyclist's finger, and a driven region configured to actuate the switch when the driving region is actuated. The control member resembles a control lever where the constraint region, driving region, and the driven region are arranged on an oblong body that is elastically yielding about the constraint region, whereby the driven region is displaced with respect to the driving region and/or to the constraint region by virtue of the elastic yielding.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.Inventor: Stefano Rosati
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Patent number: 9659725Abstract: An inhibiter switch is configured to include a fixed contact point that is connected to and disconnected from a movable contact point. The movable contact point is configured to make pressure contact with the fixed contact point by the movement of a movable board by a shaft member, wherein a press-fit amount of the shaft member to a projecting portion is made smaller toward a connecting portion between the projecting portion and an inner periphery of an insert hole of the movable board.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Inotsuka
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Patent number: 9586568Abstract: A motor vehicle has an automatic transmission with a P driving stage, a N driving stage and one or more forward and reverse driving stages. The motor vehicle also has an electrical parking brake device, and an assistance system for outputting a warning information and actuating the parking brake device during the opening of the driver's door when the P driving stage is not engaged on the gear side. According to the proposals, the warning information is output only when the parking brake device is not actuated or not actuated in an error-free manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Martin Geissenhoener
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Patent number: 9574658Abstract: A shift-by-wire control apparatus includes: a first detector that detects a first vehicle state; a second detector that detects a second vehicle state; an auto parking controller that executes an auto parking control irrespective of a state of a shift range, on conditions that detection results derived from the first and second detectors satisfy respective predetermined conditions; and a malfunction determining unit that determines that the first detector is malfunctioning, on a condition that the first detector fails to detect a change in the first vehicle state. The auto parking controller executes, based on the detection result derived from the second detector, the auto parking control irrespective of the detection result derived from the first detector, on a condition that the first detector is determined by the malfunction determining unit as malfunctioning.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichiro Terai, Taichi Tsuji
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Patent number: 9556951Abstract: A gear-shift lever module with various sensors integrated on one circuit board may include a module housing, the integrated circuit board disposed in the module housing, a position sensor, a manual mode switch and a connector. The position sensor senses a shift position of a gear-shift lever and is disposed on the integrated circuit board at a position corresponding to a hinge portion at a lower end of the gear-shift lever. The manual mode switch is disposed on the integrated circuit board at a position corresponding to a manual mode of the gear-shift lever and senses the manual mode by being pressed by the gear-shift lever when the gear-shift lever is positioned for the manual mode. The connector is electrically connected with the position sensor and the manual mode switch.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Jin Jeong, Yang Rae Cho, Deok Ki Kim, Ji Soo Kim
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Patent number: 9240298Abstract: The concave streak portion 26, in which the welding inclination surface 27 is formed, is provided on the side wall 12; the projecting portion 40, which is fitted into the concave streak portion 26 when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 overlap to form the switch case 3, is provided on the lid body 36; when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are overlapped, the switch case 3 is sealed by contacting the seal ring 31 with the flange portion 38 and the welding shoulder portion 41 interferes with the welding inclination surface 27; the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are jointed by melting the interference portion by high-frequency welding; the release region K, which keep the communicating state of the inside of the switch case 3 with the outside is designed by notching the projecting portion 40 from the root thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignees: Valeo Jap Co., Ltd., Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Inotsuka, Takeshi Okuhara, Naoto Ogasawara, Hiroshi Yamada, Munetaka Torii, Teruo Kato
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Publication number: 20150027865Abstract: An inhibiter switch is configured to include a fixed contact point that is connected to and disconnected from a movable contact point. The movable contact point is configured to make pressure contact with the fixed contact point by the movement of a movable board by a shaft member, wherein a press-fit amount of the shaft member to a projecting portion is made smaller toward a connecting portion between the projecting portion and an inner periphery of an insert hole of the movable board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Tetsuya Inotsuka
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Patent number: 8886417Abstract: Electronic shifting systems, mechanisms and methods of using the systems to operate a bicycle that allows front and rear gear changer mechanisms to be controlled with only two switches. The switches can be arranged so that each hand is only required to operate one switch to shift the bicycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventor: Brian Jordan
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Patent number: 8602194Abstract: A sub-assembly for a brake transmission shift interlock system. The sub-assembly includes an inhibitor for preventing shifting of a vehicle transmission from a park position in the absence of application of a brake by a vehicle occupant, and a solenoid having a movable armature. A linkage couples the inhibitor to the armature such that movement of the armature produces a movement of the inhibitor. The linkage also couples the inhibitor to the armature so as to permit movement of at least a portion of the inhibitor independent of the armature. A brake transmission shift interlock assembly and a switch assembly incorporating the sub-assembly are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventor: Michael C. Vermeersch
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Publication number: 20130313086Abstract: An electronic selector switch assembly and method for a vehicle includes a housing and selector knob supported by a shaft. A knob position gear is connected to the selector knob and knob measurement gear is connected to the knob position gear. A first sensor senses an angular position of the selector knob. A rack is rotatable about the shaft and selector knob and a rack measurement gear is connected to the rack. A second sensor senses a position of the rack measurement gear. A drive assembly is connected to the rack, and if the knob position, rack position and transmission gear position do not compare, the drive assembly realigns the rack to match the transmission gear position. The methodology periodically senses selector knob and transmission gear positions to determine if there is a mismatch, and locks the selector knob position and adjusts the rack position if there is a mismatch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Kostal of AmericaInventors: Andrew Paul Redwood, Steven R. Hoskins, Michael F. Tefend
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Publication number: 20130306448Abstract: A movable board with movable contact points is arranged inside a switch case formed by overlap of a substrate with fixed contact points and a lid body. A top end surface of the substrate has a concave streak portion and a ring groove for accommodating a seal ring, wherein a projecting streak portion provided on a lower surface of a flange portion in the lid body is fitted in the concave streak portion for welding. A seal bearing mounted to shaft holes provided on an opposing portion between the substrate and the lid body comprises a cylindrical body portion fitted in at least one of the shaft holes, and a lip-shaped seal portion extending to a side of a rotary surface of a shaft portion from an inner peripheral surface of the body portion to make flexible contact with the rotary surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: NILES CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Inotsuka
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Patent number: 8546710Abstract: An automatic transmission switch includes a fixed member provided with a fixed-side contact, and a movable member provided with a movable-side contact. The movable-side contact includes an intermittent contact portion with respect to the fixed-side contact. The contact portion extends along a moving direction of the movable member. The movable member is connected to an automatic transmission, and if the movable member is turned according to a switching operation of a shift lever, the movable member brings the fixed-side contact and the movable-side contact into contact with each other and separates them from each other. The movable-side contact is fixed to the movable member. The fixed member is provided with a coil spring which biases the fixed-side contact toward the movable-side contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Masafumi Itonaga
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Patent number: 8452498Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a tactile feedback system. The system comprises a transmission indicator having a position, the position adapted to be adjusted by a user, a feedback device coupled to the transmission indicator, the feedback device adapted to produce a vibration in response to a feedback signal, and a control system adapted to detect the position of the transmission indicator and to transmit a feedback signal to the feedback device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: William T. Flanagan
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Patent number: 8402664Abstract: An electric control device is provided with a fixed member, a user operating member and a position sensing unit. The fixed member has a bicycle mounting part. The user operating member is movably mounted to the fixed member. The user operating member includes a first magnetic element. The position sensing unit has a rotating member and a position sensor. The position sensor senses a position of the rotating member. The rotating member includes a second magnetic element that rotates the rotating member as the user operating member is moved. At least one of the first and second magnetic elements is configured to generate a magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Shintaro Mori
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Patent number: 8357864Abstract: A handlebar switch assembly for enhancing operability of a shift-up switch and a shift-down switch separately provided on a switch case. Viewing a switch case from an axis line direction of a handlebar, four zones are defined with the axis line, a rear upper zone and a rear lower zone, both located opposite to an occupant, and a front upper zone and a front lower zone, both located on the vehicle front side. A first shift switch and a second shift switch are swing-type switches in which operating elements swing when a pushing force is applied. The shift-up switch is located in the front lower zone so as to orient one end of its operating element outward in the vehicle transverse direction and the shift-down switch is located in the rear lower zone so as to orient one end of its operating element outward in the vehicle transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Murasawa, Kota Nakahira, Manabu Ichikawa
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Patent number: 8297143Abstract: An electrical bicycle shift control device is provided with a base member, a first shift operating member and a second shift operating member. The handlebar mounting portion is configured to be fixedly mounted to a free end of a bicycle handlebar. The base member includes a handlebar mounting portion that is configured to be fixedly mounted a handlebar. The first shift operating member is pivotally coupled the base member from a rest position to a shift position in a first shift operating direction. The second shift operating member is mounted on the first shift operating member to move with the first shift operating member with respect to the base member. The second shift operating member is independently movable relative the first shift operating member from a rest position to a shift position in a second shift operating direction that is different to the first shift operating direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Fujii, Akinobu Uno
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Patent number: 8173917Abstract: An actuating device contains two shifting buttons which are arranged on the upper side and lower side of the steering wheel. The shifting buttons are guided together rectilinearly on guide pins during a shifting operation, which guide pins are held in sleeves of a supporting plate and are fastened to a steering wheel cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bojan Rosman, Hans-Uwe Baumann, Norbert Schote
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Patent number: 8158897Abstract: An actuating device on a vehicle steering wheel includes two shifting buttons which are disposed on an upper side and a lower side of the steering wheel. The shifting buttons are guided together rectilinearly on guide pins during a shifting operation. The guide pins are held in sleeves of a supporting plate and are fastened to a steering wheel cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bojan Rosman, Norbert Schote
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Patent number: 8080749Abstract: A switch comprises a switch housing including a cover, a terminal block welded to the cover and a fixed contact point therein, a moving block provided with a boss for fitting a manual shaft of an automatic transmission and a movable contact point corresponding to the fixed contact point and movable to the switch housing and elastic seal rings interposed between inner and outer peripheral surfaces of each of the terminal block and the cover, and the operation portion. One of the cover or the terminal block is formed of a colored, laser transmissive material and the other is formed of a laser non-transmissive material. The terminal block and the cover are automatically aligned with the moving block by an elastic force of the seal ring and a thermal welding part is circularly formed by means of a laser beam on the side of the outer periphery in each of the terminal block and the cover to be aligned for coupling the terminal block with the cover to fix the alignment.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignees: Niles America Wintech, Inc., Niles Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Matsuhashi, Atsuko Hildebrand, Anthony C. Bormes, Kenji Amimoto
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Patent number: 8035046Abstract: A control device (1) for a bicycle for providing at least one electrical-electronic command to at least one bicycle component is provided, comprising a support body (2), at least one switch (47, 48), and a respective manual actuation member (34, 35, 70), the switch (47, 48) and the respective manual actuation member (34, 35, 70) are included in a switch unit (30) so as to be integrally removable from the support body (2). By so including said components (47, 48, 34, 35, 70) in a self-standing switch unit (30), in the case of a failure or malfunction of the switch (47, 48), the switch unit (30) can be easily inspected and possibly replaced.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.Inventor: Bruno De Perini