Manual brake auxiliary system for stick shift gear change type vehicle

• US 20060063643A1
• Filed: 09/20/2004
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shih-Hsiung Li
• Original Assignee: Shih-Hsiung Li
• Inventors: Li, Shih-Hsiung
• Application Number:
  US10/945,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20060063643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 477/190
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/04 responsive to presence or absence of the driver, e.g. to weight or lack thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/74 with electrical assistance or drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/06 Ignition switch
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction

Abstract

An auxiliary system for a manual brake in a vehicle includes a gear-shifting stick monitoring device (11) for monitoring a position of the gear-shifting stick in a vehicle, an orientation sensing device (12) for sensing orientation of the vehicle, a server for controlling activation of the manual brake of the vehicle via a motor and a controlling unit (10) to receive and analyze signals from the gear-shifting stick monitoring device (11) and the orientation sensing device (12) for control of the manual brake via the server which is connected to an output of the controlling unit (10).

Claims

1. An auxiliary system for a stick shift gear change vehicle having a gear-shifting stick, a manual brake, an ignition system, a driver'"'"'s seat and a brake pedal, the auxiliary system having

a gear-shifting stick monitoring device (11) for monitoring a position of the gear-shifting stick in a vehicle;

an orientation sensing device (12) for sensing orientation of the vehicle;

a server for controlling activation of the manual brake of the vehicle via a motor; and

a controlling unit (10) to receive and analyze signals from the gear-shifting stick monitoring device (11) and the orientation sensing device (12) for control of the manual brake via the server which is connected to an output of the controlling unit (10).

2. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a spirit level (13) operably connected to the controlling unit for examining inclination of the vehicle so as to determine whether the vehicle is positioned on any kind of slopes and send a signal to the controlling unit.

3. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the spirit level (13) is connected to the controlling unit (10) via an analog/digital transformer (130).

4. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a pressure sensor (14) operably connected to the controlling unit (10) for examination of pressure change of the driver'"'"'s seat to determine whether a driver is at the driver'"'"'s seat and send a signal to the controlling unit.

5. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling unit (10) receives a signal from a vehicle speed sensor for determination of whether the vehicle is moving.

6. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 5, wherein signals from the vehicle speed sensor and the pressure sensor (14) are transmitted to the controlling unit via a transforming unit (142,141) respectively.

7. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling unit (10) is adapted for connection to the ignition system so as to determine whether the ignition system is engaged.

8. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the controlling unit (10) is adapted for connected to the brake pedal so as to determine whether the brake pedal is engaged.

9. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 7, wherein an indicator (15) is connected to a corresponding one of outputs of the controlling unit (10) to visually and/or acoustically send out a signal.

10. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the indicator (15) is composed of a display (151) and a buzzer (152) respectively connected to corresponding two of the outputs of the controlling unit (10).

11. The auxiliary system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a pushbutton (16) operably connected to the controlling unit for manually engaging/disengaging the manual brake.