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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2024
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Deok Ki Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); F16H 61/0204 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic shift operation apparatus switches a mode of a shift operation to an automatic shift and a manual shift based on a driver's intention and differently restricts shift direction strokes of a shift rod in accordance with an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode, thereby improving the convenience of a shift operation and improving recognition performance during the shift operation.