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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Fujii, Fukui, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/04 (2006.01); F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 59/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); F16H 59/044 (2013.01); F16H 59/12 (2013.01); F16H 2059/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device for a transmission includes, a knob with which an operator performs rotation and press operations, a rotation detector for detecting that the knob is rotated, a press detector for detecting that the knob is pressed, and a controller for performing, based on results of detection by the rotation detector and the press detector, a range shift between a first forward travel range where a gear shift operation performed by the operator is not accepted and a second forward travel range where the gear shift operation is accepted, and for performing a gear shift in the second forward travel range.