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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Michael Bleckmann, Schwerte-Ergste, DE;
Peter Molkow, Dortmund, DE;
Corinna Machatzke, Schalksmühle, DE;
Thomas Luksch, Schalksmühle, DE;
Michael Bleckmann, Schwerte-Ergste, DE;
Peter Molkow, Dortmund, DE;
Corinna Machatzke, Schalksmühle, DE;
Thomas Luksch, Schalksmühle, DE;
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Ludenscheid, DE;
Abstract
An electrical shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a slider, and an actuator. The lever is rotatable about perpendicular axes to be able to deflect from a neutral position in anyone of different deflection directions. The lever includes a projection which extends along a first deflection direction. The slider is displaceable along a slider direction perpendicular to the first deflection direction. The slider has stages each engageable with the lever projection to limit the lever deflection in the first deflection direction. Each stage is different to limit the deflection of the lever in the first deflection direction to a different extent as a function of which stage engages the lever projection. The actuator positions the slider along the slider direction such that a selected slider stage engages the lever projection thereby allowing the lever deflection in the first deflection direction to be limited to different extent.