Electric shift unit for a motor vehicle

US7784375B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Leopold KOSTAL GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Bleckmann · Schwerte, DE
• Peter Molkow · Dortmund, DE
• Corinna Machatzke · Breckerfeld, DE
• Thomas Luksch · Bünde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20159
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrical shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a slider, and an actuator. The lever is rotatable about perpendicular axes to be able to deflect from a neutral position in anyone of different deflection directions. The lever includes a projection which extends along a first deflection direction. The slider is displaceable along a slider direction perpendicular to the first deflection direction. The slider has stages each engageable with the lever projection to limit the lever deflection in the first deflection direction. Each stage is different to limit the deflection of the lever in the first deflection direction to a different extent as a function of which stage engages the lever projection. The actuator positions the slider along the slider direction such that a selected slider stage engages the lever projection thereby allowing the lever deflection in the first deflection direction to be limited to different extent.