Patent ID: 8425320

Claim:
A transmission-gear-selection device comprising: knob means for receiving a user pushing force for shifting a simulated gear; shaft means coupled to the knob means for transferring knob motion and having first and second gear-latch pins; and shift means coupled to the shaft means for gated shifting wherein the shift means is configured to shift gears for a driving simulator and/or a driving game as the knob means and shaft means are manipulated by a user wherein the shift means for gated shifting simulates a transmission of a vehicle, which is simulated by the driving simulator and/or the driving game, wherein the shift means includes: a first gear-latch plate having a first gear aperture formed therein and configured to receive the first gear-latch pin for shifting between a first set of gears; and a second gear-latch plate having a second gear aperture formed therein and configured to receive the second gear-latch pin for shifting between a second set of gears, wherein the first set of gears and the second set of gears include different gears.