Adjusting device for changing the position of a gearshift lever
An adjusting device serves to change the position of a gearshift lever of a motor vehicle, in which the gearshift lever is disposed adjacent to a steering wheel in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize the adjusting device, it is has a drive device disposed between gearshift lever and steering wheel.
1 . An adjusting device for changing a position of a gearshift lever of a motor vehicle, the gearshift lever disposed adjacent to a steering wheel in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, the adjusting device comprising:
a drive device disposed between the gearshift lever and the steering wheel.
2 . The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein said drive device being influenced by longitudinal movements of the steering wheel in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle.
3 . The adjusting device according to claim 2 , wherein said drive device includes a coupling linkage couple between the steering wheel and the gearshift lever.
4 . The adjusting device according to claim 3 , wherein said coupling linkage includes a transmission shaft with a first control lever and a second control lever, said first control lever acting on the steering wheel and said second control lever acting on the gearshift lever.
5 . The adjusting device according to claim 4 , wherein said first and second control levers bound said transmission shaft which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle.
6 . The adjusting device according to claim 4 , further comprising a first connecting rod coupling said first control lever to a steering column carrying the steering wheel.
7 . The adjusting device according to claim 6 , further comprising a bracket connecting said first connecting rod to the steering column.
8 . The adjusting device according to claim 4 , further comprising a second connecting rod connecting said second control lever to a lower lever arm of the gearshift lever.
9 . The adjusting device according to claim 8 , further comprising a ball-and-socket joint disposed between said second connecting rod and the lower lever arm of the gearshift lever.
10 . The adjusting device according to claim 9 , wherein said second connecting rod and said ball-and-socket joint are disposed outside a supporting tube of the gearshift lever.
11 . The adjusting device according to claim 9 , wherein said second connecting rod and said ball-and-socket joint are disposed within a supporting tube of the gearshift lever.
12 . The adjusting device as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
a slide on which the gearshift lever is mounted; and
a connecting rod interacting with said slide.
13 . The adjusting device according to claim 12 , further comprising a supporting tube and said slide is mounted in said supporting tube.
14 . A method for changing a position of a gearshift lever of a motor vehicle, the gearshift lever being disposed adjacent to a steering wheel in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, which comprises the step of:
providing an adjusting device having a drive device for influencing both the gearshift lever and the steering wheel.
15 . The method according to claim 14 , which comprises performing an adjustment of the steering wheel which subsequently performs an adjustment of the gearshift lever.
16 . The method according to claim 15 , which further comprises adjusting the steering wheel and the gearshift lever synchronously.
17 . The method as claimed in claim 14 , which further comprises performing an adjustment of the steering wheel and of the gearshift lever asynchronously.
18 . A method for changing a position of a gearshift lever of a motor vehicle, the gearshift lever being disposed adjacent to a steering wheel in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, which comprises the step of:
transmitting a position adjustment of the steering wheeling to an adjusting device which in turn adjusts a position of the gearshift lever.
19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein an adjustment of the steering wheel causes an adjustment of the gearshift lever.
20 . The method according to claim 18 , which further comprises adjusting the steering wheel and the gearshift lever one of synchronously and asynchronously.