Gate change unit for an automatic gearbox

US6931961B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CHERRY GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Guenter Bauer · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
• Thomas Schober · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2005
• Expiry date: May 22, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20067
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gate change unit for generating gate-changing signals for an automatic gearbox comprises a cover, a gate which is located in the cover and which permits displacement movements and/or pivoting movements in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction in the plane of the gate change unit, a gear change lever which is guided in the gate and can be displaced and/or pivoted in the longitudinal direction and/or the transverse direction, a housing or carrier part which is connected to the cover, and electrical switch elements, the electrical switch elements generating electrical gear change signals in accordance with the displacement of the gear change lever, which signals are used to control the automatic gearbox. The electrical switch elements are arranged directly on a conductive element, in the form of a printed circuit board or a conductive foil, which is connected to the housing or to the carrier part.