Motor vehicle comprising an operating device disposed on the steering wheel

• US 5,520,066 A
• Filed: 07/22/1994
• Issued: 05/28/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Original Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Inventors: Tueri, Julius
• Primary Examiner(s): Bonck, Rodney H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Grabow, Troy E.
• Application Number:
  US08/280,504
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 74/484 R, 200/61.54, 200/61.57, 200/61.88, 180/336
• US Class Current: 74/484.00R
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 20/02 of initiating means control mechanisms in general G05G
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 20/06 mounted on steering column or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/04 Hand wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/046 Adaptations on rotatable parts of the steering wheel for accommodation of switches
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/006 Overriding automatic control
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/0239 Up- and down-shift or range or mode selection by repeated movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/0243 with push buttons, e.g. shift buttons arranged on steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/044 consisting of electrical switches or sensors range selectors with electric switches or sensors F16H59/105
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20256 Steering and controls assemblies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20834 Hand wheels

Abstract

In the case of a motor vehicle comprising an operating device for the shifting of a power-shiftable transmission, the transmission can be automatically or manually shifted by way of a selector lever. The device comprises a finger-operated shifting rocker which is arranged in at least one steering wheel spoke, is held on a swivel shaft disposed in a housing and has an adjusting shifting element arranged between two electrical pressure switches. The shifting element comprises a lever which is connected with the housing and is arranged by means of its free end between operating surfaces of switches which are arranged coaxially with respect to one another. With respect to the housing, the shifting rocker can be swivelled about the shaft with a shifting travel in two directions.

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