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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Aaron M. Best, Murray, UT (US);
J Ken Barton, Sandy, UT (US);
David J Havell, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Reginald T. Welles, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Darrell R. Turpin, Murray, UT (US);
James W. Voorhees, Vancouver, WA (US);
John E. Kearney, St. Pete Beach, FL (US);
Camille B. Price, Kaysville, UT (US);
Nathan P. Stahlman, Vancouver, WA (US);
Aaron J. Turpin, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Aaron M. Purvis, Vancouver, WA (US);
Aaron M. Best, Murray, UT (US);
J Ken Barton, Sandy, UT (US);
David J Havell, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Reginald T. Welles, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Darrell R. Turpin, Murray, UT (US);
James W. Voorhees, Vancouver, WA (US);
John E. Kearney, St. Pete Beach, FL (US);
Camille B. Price, Kaysville, UT (US);
Nathan P. Stahlman, Vancouver, WA (US);
Aaron J. Turpin, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Aaron M. Purvis, Vancouver, WA (US);
Advanced Training System LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
An application for a shifter simulator for driver training includes a shaft with a handle covering an upper end of the shaft. An upper plate is coupled to the shaft and is slideably interfaced to a lower plate by a plurality of linear bearings, allowing the upper plate to slide in a Y direction with respect to the lower plate. There are spring loaded Y ball detents attached to the lower plate which interface to Y detent grooves attached to the upper plate. The spring loaded Y ball detents and Y detent grooves provide a plurality of natural stopping locations similar to those of a transmission of the target vehicle. A shift arm guide is affixed to the shaft and interfaces to an H-gate. The H-gate is affixed to the lower plate and has detents such that the H-gate and shift arm guide simulate gear shifting positions.