STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING PLANTABLE SHIFT LEVER ONTO BRACKET

• US 20150135879A1
• Filed: 10/02/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Kim, Sang-Yoon, LEE, Chang-Hyun, JEONG, Won-Jin, KIM, Deok-Ki, KWON, Min-Keun, MIN, Jeong-Seon, CHO, Yang-Rae
• Application Number:
  US14/505,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 74/473.36
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/026 Details or special features of the selector casing or lever support
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/0278 Constructional features of the selector lever, e.g. grip parts, mounting or manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/10 comprising levers
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/105 consisting of electrical switches or sensors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20177 Particular element [e.g., shift fork, template, etc.]

Abstract

A structure for mounting a plantable shift lever onto a bracket may include an extending part that protrudes from a front end of the plantable shift lever to extend forward, a dented part formed by denting a front end of the bracket forward to receive the extending part, a first penetrating hole formed to penetrate a rear end of the plantable shift lever in a left and right direction, a second penetrating hole formed to penetrate a rear end of the bracket in the left and right direction and positioned to correspond to the first penetrating hole, and a pin to be inserted into the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole to fix the plantable shift lever to the bracket. The plantable shift lever may be coupled to the bracket by inserting the extending part into the dented part and inserting the pin into the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole.

Claims

1. A structure for mounting a plantable shift lever onto a bracket, wherein the structure couples the bracket of various heights and designs to a lower end of the plantable shift lever, and the plantable shift lever includes a lever shaft that operably changes a gear shift level of a vehicle, the structure comprising:

an extending part that protrudes from a front end of the plantable shift lever to extend forward;

a dented part that is formed by denting a front end of the bracket forward so as to receive the extending part;

a first penetrating hole that is formed to penetrate a rear end of the plantable shift lever in a left and right direction;

a second penetrating hole that is formed to penetrate a rear end of the bracket in the left and right direction and positioned to correspond to the first penetrating hole; and

a pin that is to be inserted into the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole to fix the plantable shift lever to the bracket,

wherein the plantable shift lever is coupled to the bracket by inserting the extending part into the dented part and inserting the pin into the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the bracket includes:

a mounting part that is formed by denting the bracket downward so as to receive substantially the entire lower part of the plantable shift lever; and

a fixing part that is formed at a lower end of the bracket so as to couple the bracket to a vehicle body.

3. The structure of claim 1, further comprising:

a protrusion that protrudes upward from an upper front end of the extending part; and

a protrusion receiving part that is formed by denting an inner surface of an upper part of the dented part upward so as to receive the protrusion,

wherein the plantable shift lever is prevented from being separated in a back and forth direction by fastening the protrusion formed at the extending part of the plantable shift lever to the protrusion receiving part formed at the dented part of the bracket.

4. The structure of claim 1, further comprising:

a pair of hinges that respectively protrude from sides of the plantable shift lever and extend in the left and right direction; and

a pair of hinge receiving parts that are respectively formed by denting an inner surface of the bracket in the left and right direction so as to receive the hinges,

wherein the plantable shift lever is prevented from being separated in the left and right direction by inserting and coupling the hinges formed at the plantable shift lever to the hinge receiving parts formed at the bracket.

5. The structure of claim 4, wherein:

a hinge in the pair of the hinges has a substantially cylindrical shape with a substantially circular cross-section extending in the left and right direction, and

a hinge receiving part in the pair of the hinge receiving parts includes an inlet into which the hinge is inserted and a pressing part in which the hinge is pressed, and has a “

U”

shaped cross-section.

6. The structure of claim 5, wherein the inlet has an inclined surface at a predetermined angle toward an inside of the hinge receiving part to minimize a tolerance generated when the plantable shift lever and the bracket are coupled.

7. The structure of claim 1, wherein the pin is a spring pin that is formed by rolling an elastic steel plate in a substantially cylindrical shape to generate elastic force in a radial direction of the pin.