Patent ID: 8788158

Claim:
An electronic shifting device for a vehicle, which is connected to a transmission of the vehicle via a cable to operate the transmission, the shifting device comprising: an interface module operably connected to a first end of a communication line and configured to receive an input of a shift signal and to communicate the shift signal within the shifting device via the communication line; and an actuator operably connected to a second end of the communication line to receive the shift signal from the interface module, the actuator including an actuator arm connected to a first end of the cable opposite a second end of the cable connected to the transmission, wherein the actuator arm actuates the cable to operate the transmission connected to the second end of the cable based on the shift signal input to the communication line by the interface module and received by the actuator within the shifting device, wherein the communication line is contained within the shifting device so that the shift signal is communicated only between the interface module and the actuator within the shifting device and no shift signal is communicated between the shifting device and vehicle system to simplify a vehicle system communication system.