Patent ID: 9140354
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a shift/tilt locking apparatus for a shift lever of an automatic transmission that includes a main shaft slidably disposed such that a shift knob is slidable in a forward/rearward direction and a left/right direction, a crossbar coupled to the main shaft to cross the main shaft and having the shift knob at an upper end to tilt, shift restriction means having a first solenoid and a second solenoid that selectively allows forward/rearward sliding of the shift knob, and a tilting restriction means having a third solenoid that selectively allows tilting of the shift knob, the method comprising: determining a shift mode by checking a position of the shift knob, wherein the determining of the shift mode includes: restricting or releasing the shift knob by selectively operating the first, second, and third solenoids, wherein the restricting or releasing of the shift knob includes: