Shifter force detection

US9177486B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Training Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Aaron M. Best · Murray, US
• J. Ken Barton · Sandy, US
• David J. Havell · Salt Lake City, US
• Reginald T. Welles · Salt Lake City, US
• Darrell R. Turpin · Murray, US
• James W. Voorhees · Vancouver, US
• John Kearney, Sr. · St. Pete Beach, US
• Camille B. Price · Kaysville, US
• Nathan P. Stahlman · Vancouver, US
• Aaron J. Turpin · Taylorsville, US
• Aaron M. Purvis · Vancouver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/167
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A shifter simulator for driver training includes a shaft with a handle affixed to a first end of the shaft and a distal second end of the shaft being interfaced to a shifter mechanism. A first force sensing device is interfaced to the shaft, outputting a value representative of an amount of force applied to the handle in a forward/rearward direction and a second force sensing device is interfaced to the shaft outputting a value representative of an amount of force applied to the handle in a lateral direction.