Patent ID: 9388897
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for an electronically controlled transmission, the apparatus comprising: a gear shift lever configured to rotate about a pivot point; a magnet fixed to the gear shift lever; and a single three-dimensional hall sensor fixedly mounted in a location adjacent the gear shift lever with a gap between the magnet and the three-dimensional hall sensor, and configured to detect gear positions of the gear shift lever by providing an indication of a position of the magnet in each of an X-axis, a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis, and a vertical Z-axis perpendicular to both the X-axis and the Y-axis, wherein a first outer face of the three-dimensional hall sensor is perpendicular to a second outer surface of the three-dimensional hall sensor, the first and second outer faces which are configured to receive magnetic flux density generated by movement of the magnet, and wherein the three-dimensional hall sensor is fixedly turned at an angle with respect to the magnet such that the magnetic flux density is introduced into both the first outer face of the three-dimensional hall sensor and the second outer face of the three-dimensional hall sensor.