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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Shinichi Yone, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Yone, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission operating apparatus A mainly includes: a forward/backward direction sensorwhich detects positions of a shift levermanipulated by the driver; an operation mode selecting switchwhich selects one of two operation modes to be manipulated by the shift lever; a forward/backward manipulation reaction force actuator; and a controller. The controllerfurther includes: an operation panel setting sectionA which virtually sets an operation panel corresponding to the operation mode selected by the operation mode selecting switch; a reaction force control sectionB which sets a reaction force corresponding to the position of the shift leverin accordance with the operation panel; and a transmission control sectionC which controls a transmissionbased on the position of the shift leverin relation to the operation panel.