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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2005
Takeshi Oohori, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuichiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Oohori, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuichiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Jatco Ltd, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A range recognition apparatus for an automatic transmission. A first contact is configured to generate a first range signal during a state of a range selector being within a first region. A second contact is configured to generate a second range signal during the state of the range selector being within a second region overlapping with the first region. A controller is configured to recognize that a first gear range of the automatic transmission is selected, when the first range signal is present and the second range signal is absent; to recognize that a second gear range of the automatic transmission is selected, when the first range signal is absent and the second range signal is present; and to recognize that the first gear range is selected, when the first range signal and the second range signal are both present.