IP Library Granted Patent US 8,079,282
Granted Patent B2
US 8,079,282 · App. 12/444,860 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Switch device for transmission and transmission using same

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Patent No.
US 8,079,282
App. No.
12/444,860
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a dual-system switch device for a transmission, using conventional components, without newly preparing a new dual-system switch device, a switch device 1 for a transmission comprises: a main inhibitor switch 11 which is connected to a shift cable 32 moving in accordance with the select position of a shift lever 3 operated by a driver, and which detects the select position of the shift lever in accordance with the movement of the shift cable 32 ; and a sub-inhibitor switch 13 which is connected to the shift cable 32 via a connecting member, and which detects the select position of the shift lever in accordance with the movement of the shift cable.

Claims (32)

1. A switch device for a transmission, comprising:

a main inhibitor switch which is connected to a shift cable moving in accordance with a select position of a shift lever operated by a driver, and which detects the select position of the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift cable; and

a sub-inhibitor switch which is connected to the shift cable via a main lever and a rod, and which detects the select position of the shift lever in accordance with the movement of the shift cable, wherein

the main inhibitor switch comprises

the main lever having a first rotating shaft fixed to a site near a center in a longitudinal direction of the main lever, and

a main switch portion connected to the first rotating shaft, and detecting the select position of the shift lever based on a rotating position of the first rotating shaft rotating according to a rotation of the main lever, and

the sub-inhibitor switch comprises,

a sub-lever fixed to a second rotating shaft provided at one end of the sub-lever, and

a sub-switch portion connected to the second rotating shaft, and detecting the select position of the shift lever based on a rotating position of the second rotating shaft rotating according to a rotation of the sub-lever,

the shift cable is connected to one end of the main lever, one end of a rod is connected to an opposite end of the main lever, with the first rotating shaft being interposed between the one end and the opposite end of the main lever, and an opposite end of the sub-lever is connected to an opposite end of the rod,

the main lever rotates together with the first rotating shaft as the shift cable moves, and the select position is detected by the main switch portion in accordance with the rotating position of the first rotating shaft,

the sub-lever rotates in an interlocked relationship with the rod moved by the rotation of the main lever,

the second rotating shaft rotates in a direction identical with a direction of the first rotating shaft according to the rotation of the sub-lever, and

the select position is detected by the sub-switch portion in accordance with the rotating position of the second rotating shaft.

2. The switch device for a transmission according to claim claim 1 , wherein

the second rotating shaft rotates at an angle identical with an angle of the first rotating shaft according to the rotation of the sub-lever.

3. A transmission, comprising: having

the transmission case equipped with the switch device for a transmission according to claim 2 , and

a transmission control section connected to an output portion of the main inhibitor switch and an output portion of the sub-inhibitor switch.

4. A transmission, comprising:

a transmission case equipped with the switch device for a transmission according to claim 1 , and

a transmission control section connected to an output portion of the main inhibitor switch and an output portion of the sub-inhibitor switch.

5. The switch device for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the main inhibitor switch and the sub-inhibitor switch are provided on a transmission case.

6. A transmission comprising:

the transmission case equipped with the switch device for a transmission according to claim 5 ; and

a transmission control section connected to an output portion of the main inhibitor switch and an output portion of the sub-inhibitor switch.

7. The switch device for a transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the rod is adapted to move in a direction opposite to the shift cable in interlocking relationship with the shift cable and the main lever.

8. A transmission comprising:

a transmission case equipped with the switch device for a transmission according to claim 7 , and

a transmission control section connected to an output portion of the main inhibitor switch and an output portion of the sub-inhibitor switch.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA, MASAHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 022541/0841 →