Shift/tilt locking apparatus and method for shift lever of automatic transmission

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9618110
APP PUB NO 20150211631A1
SERIAL NO

14679424

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A shift/tilt locking apparatus for shift lever of automatic transmission may include a shift knob, a main shaft slidably and rotatably disposed in a housing such that shift knob is slidable; a crossbar having shift knob at the upper end to tilt; a shift restriction device that allows shift knob to slide by selectively restricting sliding of main shaft; and a tilting restriction device controlling shift knob to tilt by selectively restricting the tilting of shift knob by using a third solenoid, which is controlled by a shift mode determining step that determines a shift mode by checking the position of shift knob and a lever locking step that restricts/releases shift knob by selectively operating first solenoid to third solenoid.

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KIA MOTORS CORPORATION12 HEOLLEUNG-RO SEOCHO-GU SEOUL 06797
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYSEOUL 06797
SL CORPORATIONDAEGU 41514

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choi, Jeehyuck Hwaseong-si, KR 14 57
Kim, Dongjae Gyeongsan-si, KR 12 26
Lee, Kwanggi Daegu, KR 10 37

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