Patent ID: 8264338
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
1. A combination shifter and engine start apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a control knob rotatable to a plurality of positions to instruct operation of an associated transmission of the vehicle and actuatable for at least one of starting and stopping of an associated engine of the vehicle; a display disposed on said control knob for alternately displaying first indicia on said control knob relating to at least one of starting and stopping of the associated engine and displaying second indicia on said control knob relating to a selected one of said plurality of positions; and a controller operatively connected to said control knob and to said display, said controller having a first mode wherein said controller commands said display to display said first indicia relating to said at least one of starting and stopping of the associated engine and a second mode wherein said controller commands said display to display said second indicia relating to said selected one of said plurality of positions.