Patent ID: 9021907
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F16H,G01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A range sensing apparatus for an automatic transmission, wherein the range sensing apparatus is placed in a corresponding location, which is to be exposed to hydraulic fluid in the automatic transmission, the range sensing apparatus comprising: an input shaft, to which a manipulation force is applied according to selection of a shift range of the automatic transmission, wherein the input shaft is installed in an inside of the automatic transmission; a slider, to which one end part of the input shaft is fixed, wherein the slider reciprocates together with the input shaft; a housing, which slidably guides the slider; and a position sensor that senses the shift range of the automatic transmission based on a relative position between a movable device, which reciprocates together with the slider, and a stationary device, which is provided to the housing, wherein the housing includes: when the slider is placed at one end of a movable range of the slider relative to the housing in the moving direction of the slider at the time of selecting the shift range of the automatic transmission, one end of the slider in the moving direction of the slider projects outward from an open end of the housing.