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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ki Young Song, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jae Hyeong Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yeon Ji Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Pill Yoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Min Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A sphere-type shift control apparatus for an electronic transmission system includes a shift operation unit configured to be operated by a driver of a vehicle for gear shifting on a first hemisphere of a spherical mechanism and a design unit for indirect illumination and image transmission on a second hemisphere of the spherical mechanism. By rotating the spherical mechanism, only the shift operation unit is exposed to a vehicle interior through an opening of a housing when a shift operation is required, while only the design unit is exposed to the vehicle interior through the opening of the housing when the shift operation is not required.