Patent ID: 9400049
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A shifting apparatus for a vehicle, the shifting apparatus comprising: a transmission adjuster that shifts an origin gear position of an automatic transmission to a destination gear position that is away from the origin gear position by n position or positions, where n is a natural number; and a controller configured to operate the transmission adjuster to set a null position of the automatic transmission at a position away from the destination gear position by n−1 or n+1 position or positions, wherein the null position varies according to the origin gear position and the destination gear position, wherein the automatic transmission has a shift range including a Park (P) position, a Reverse (R) position, a Neutral (N) position, and a Drive (D) position, wherein the P, R, N, and D positions are sequentially arranged, and wherein: (a) when the origin gear position is in the N position and it is shifted up to the P position by two (i.e., n=2) positions, the null position is set to the R position that is one (i.e., n−1) position up from the N position; (b) when the origin gear position is in the N position and it is shifted up to the R position by one (i.e., n=1) position, the null position remains at the N position; and (c) when the origin gear position is in the N position and it is shifted down to the D position by one (i.e., n=1) position, the null position is set to a position immediately below the D position that is two (i.e., n+1) positions down from the N position.