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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Taichi Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Mita, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A range switching device includes a momentary selector lever movable on a shift gate, a position detector, a moving speed acquisition unit, a passage time acquisition unit, a determination time setting unit, a timing unit, and a determination unit. A neutral position determination region is disposed on a movement path between a home position determination region, a forward travel position determination region, and a reverse travel position determination region. When the selector lever moves from the forward travel position determination region toward the neutral position determination region, the passage time acquisition unit obtains an expected passage time based on a moving speed of the selector lever. The determination time setting unit sets a neutral determination time in accordance with the expected passage time. When the time measured by the timing unit reaches the neutral determination time or longer, the determination unit determines that the neutral position is selected.