Global Patent Index - EP 0996553 A2

EP 0996553 A2 20000503 - VEHICLE SHIFTER RESPONSIVE TO SHIFTING BEHAVIORS

Title (en)

VEHICLE SHIFTER RESPONSIVE TO SHIFTING BEHAVIORS

Title (de)

AUF SCHALTVERHALTEN ANPRECHENDE KRAFTFAHRZEUGSCHALTEINRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

EMBRAYEUR AUTOMOBILE SENSIBLE A LA FA ON DE CHANGER LES VITESSES DU CONDUCTEUR

Publication

EP 0996553 A2 20000503 (EN)

Application

EP 98934420 A 19980710

Priority

  • US 9814365 W 19980710
  • US 5270597 P 19970716
  • US 96243497 A 19971031
  • US 96243797 A 19971031

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9903696A2] A shifter system for shifting a transmission on a vehicle includes a shifter (150, Fig.28) having a manually-operated shift lever (152, 207) movable between various gear positions, an electrical sensing device (160, 206) on the shifter for sensing positions of the shift lever, and a controller (208) connected to the sensing device and constructed to control shifting of a transmission based on signals from the sensing device indicative of the position of the shift lever. The controller and the sensing device as a system are capable of determining velocity or acceleration of movement of the shift lever and the controller is programmed to change control of the shifting of the transmission in accordance therewith. The sensing device can be any one of a variety of different sensors, such as a continuous output potentiometer, a discrete output potentiometer, a series of switches, a membrane potentiometer, a deformable variable-resistance potentiometer, optical or mechanical readers, and the like.

IPC 1-7

B60K 1/00

IPC 8 full level

B60K 20/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F16H 59/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/165 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0226 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0239 (2013.01); F16H 2061/223 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9903696A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9903696 A2 19990128; WO 9903696 A3 19990415; BR 9811278 A 20001219; EP 0996553 A2 20000503; JP 2001510114 A 20010731

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9814365 W 19980710; BR 9811278 A 19980710; EP 98934420 A 19980710; JP 2000502954 A 19980710