Abstract: A pedal actuator (41) of an automatic vehicle driving device (1) is supported by a pedal actuator support (51) by mounting a pedal actuator support bracket (61) to the pedal actuator support (51) and fixing the pedal actuator support bracket (61) with a lock pin (67). In the automatic vehicle driving device (1), when mounting the pedal actuator support bracket (61) to the pedal actuator support (51), by connection between a support-side connector (53) and a bracket-side connector (63), electrical connection between the pedal actuator support (51) and the pedal actuator support bracket (61) is also completed.
Abstract: There is provided a vehicle shift control device. A shift mechanism is configured to shift and transmit rotation of a crankshaft extending in a width direction of a vehicle to a driving wheel. A shift pedal is configured to receive a shifting operation for the shift mechanism. A shift detection mechanism is configured to detect a shift instructed via the shift pedal. A shift actuator is configured to perform a shift operation of the shift mechanism, in response to a detection content of the shift detection mechanism. The shift detection mechanism includes a detection unit configured to rotate in response to the shifting operation of the shift pedal and a sensor configured to detect rotation of the detection unit. A rotary shaft of the detection unit and a rotary shaft of the sensor are arranged at different positions, as seen from a side.
Abstract: A rotation detecting device has a junction body, and a rotation sensor. A rotor of the rotation sensor is spaced from a change drum in the axis direction, and is rotatable about the rotational axis. The rotating position of the rotor is detected by a detector of the rotation sensor. The junction body is separatable from the change drum and the rotation sensor, is rotatable about the rotational axis, and transmits the rotative movement of the change drum to the rotor.
Abstract: A method for testing a transmission gear shift device includes using an electric machine and a primary mechanism to place the device and a secondary mechanism, latched to the primary mechanism, in a park position, using a motor to delatch the secondary mechanism from the primary mechanism, using the electric machine to absorb energy released by a spring when delatching, and using the electric machine to relatch the secondary mechanism to the primary mechanism.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
Ford Global Tehnologies, LLC
Inventors:
Brian J. Deurloo, William R. Goodwin, Christopher L. Danks, Louis A. Nagy
Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for reading off the position of the gear lever in a gear selector in a vehicle, in which a sensor arrangement includes a first sensor component and a plurality of second sensor components that can interact with the first sensor component to detect the position of the first sensor component. The first sensor component is arranged to move with the gear lever to read off the position of the first sensor component in relation to the plurality of second sensor components, where the first sensor component can cover at least two of the second sensor components. Further, a detected position of the first sensor component can be relayed to a control device, which is configured to evaluate the presence of faults in the device.
Abstract: A method for determining an actuating pressure of an operating element (1), for example in a motor vehicle, where the element is displaced as a result of the application of the actuating pressure. The actuating pressure of the operating element is determined without the use of a pressure sensor by way of deformation measurement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2009
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Inventors:
Rainer Petzold, Robert Ingenbleek, Mario Steinborn