Patent ID: 6530293
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift mechanism for motor vehicle transmissions comprising:a selector lever (14) supported in a housing (10) for pivotal motion about a transverse axle (24) in a longitudinal direction and about a longitudinal axle (50) in a transverse direction; position indicating elements (128, 130) either movable with the selector lever or fixed to the housing and sensors (102-114, 120-126) either movable with the selector lever or fixed to the housing opposite the position indicating elements with the position indicating elements and the sensors arranged in such a way that the sensors (102-114, 120-126) respond upon approaching the position indicating elements (128, 130) and transmit signals to a transmission control arrangement that correspond to the pivoted position of the selector lever (14) wherein the position indicating elements (128, 130) and the sensors (102-114, 120-126) are generally arranged in planes and extend approximately parallel to the planes established on the one hand by the pivoting path of the selector lever in the longitudinal direction and on the other hand by the pivoting path of the selector lever in the transverse direction; and a rotational transmitter (40) operatively coupled to the selector lever (14) to rotate therewith as the selector lever (14) rotates in the longitudinal direction and generate a signal corresponding to the immediate pivoted position of the selector lever (14).