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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Device for detecting the position of a gear step selector lever and motor vehicle equipped with same
Falk Uhlenbruck, Hohenahr, DE;
Falk Uhlenbruck, Hohenahr, DE;
ECS Engineered Control Systems AG, Gallen, CH;
Abstract
A device for detecting the position of a gear step selector lever (') for selecting a gear setting of a motor vehicle has a signal transmitter () arranged at the gear step selector lever (′) and a signal receiver () arranged spaced apart from the signal transmitter (). The relative position between signal transmitter () and signal receiver () varies for different gear steps which can be selected. The signal transmitter () may be a magnet and the signal receiver () may be a triaxial Hall sensor system, designed so as to detect the relative position in three dimensions. Where the gear step selector lever (′) has a ball joint (), the signal transmitter () is arranged at one ball () of the ball joint (). In this arrangement, a north-south-axis () of the magnet () does not run through a ball center (). The invention further relates to a motor vehicle comprising a corresponding device.