Patent ID: 8261630
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for an electronically controllable transmission comprising: a shift lever including one end connected to a magnet and supported in a shift lever body mounted on a shift shaft and a select shaft, the shift lever configured to shift gears of the transmission responsive to movement of the shift lever, the shift lever body providing for the shift lever to move about a shift axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the shift shaft and a select axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the select shaft, the apparatus providing for the magnet to travel about a pivot point defined by an intersection of the shift axis and the select axis; and a sensor unit including a single hall sensor configured to sense movement of the magnet in each of three orthogonal axes which is mounted fixedly at the pivot point, the apparatus providing for a distance between the center of the magnet and the center of the single hall sensor to remain unchanged upon movement of the shift lever.