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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Applicants:
William L. Cousins, Ortonville, MI (US);
James M. Partyka, Clarkston, MI (US);
Inventors:
William L. Cousins, Ortonville, MI (US);
James M. Partyka, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F16H 59/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); F16H 59/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a selected gear module and a shift indicator module. The selected gear module determines a selected gear of a manual transmission. The shift indicator module monitors vehicle speed and the selected gear and generates a shift indicator signal based on the vehicle speed and the selected gear, the shift indicator signal indicating when to shift to one of first gear and reverse gear.