Electronic gear shifter assembly for a dual-mode flying and driving vehicle

US11067164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Terrafugia, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Julie Henion · Woburn, US
• Kevin Colburn · Greeley, US
• Carl C. Dietrich · Petaluma, US
• Dagny Dukach · Boston, US
• Edmund Golaski · Cambridge, US
• Andrew Heafitz · Cambridge, US
• Elizabeth Von Der Heydt · Carlisle, US
• Lluis Penalver-Aguila · Newton, US
• Bryan Sandoz · Winchester, US
• Ethan Stowe · Hampstead, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2021
• Expiry date: May 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic gear shifter assembly for a dual-mode flying and driving vehicle. The electronic gear shifter assembly may include a lever moveable between a first shifting path that includes at least one drive-related operating position, and a second shifting path that includes at least one flying-related operating position.