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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Inventor:

Ralf Pfeifer, Diepholz, DE;

Assignee:

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01); G01D 5/244 (2006.01); F16H 61/12 (2010.01); G01D 5/249 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/105 (2013.01); F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); F16H 61/12 (2013.01); G01D 5/249 (2013.01); G01D 5/24438 (2013.01); G01D 5/24457 (2013.01); G01D 5/24485 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1256 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one general aspect, the present disclosure is related to a sensor device for detecting selector lever positions of a selector lever for a motor vehicle. The sensor device may include at least four sensors and a code carrier, where the code carrier is arranged such that it is faced by the at least four sensors. The code carrier may be movable with respect to the at least four sensors. The code carrier may be attached to the selector lever. The code carrier may include several coding areas each with an encoding. The code carrier can thus be referred to as coding carrier. The encoding of the individual coding areas can be read by using the sensors.


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