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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Orson S. Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Inventor:
Orson S. Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/24 (2013.01); F16H 59/105 (2013.01); F16H 59/10 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0295 (2013.01); F16H 2061/245 (2013.01); F16H 2063/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A latching shifter mated with a shift-by-wire transmission in which the gear cam includes a momentary shift lever position which is spring biased toward the drive gear notch. A driver is enabled to shift the transmission into a desired gear by passing the shift lever into and out of the momentary shift lever position in the event of autonomous shifting by the transmission or to otherwise provide a selected gear of the transmission. Preferably a dynamically changeable gear shift display is provided, the indicia of which is responsive to the gear status of the transmission.