A selecting member for a vehicle includes a lever that is operable between a plurality of selector positions. A base includes a plurality of steps that correspond to the plurality of selector positions. A pawl actuator includes a pawl having a rack and a pinion gear that is rotationally operated by a motor. The motor selectively and rotationally operates the pinion gear to actuate the pawl relative to the plurality of steps. An interface is coupled with the lever that actuates the motor. Operation of the motor operates the pawl relative to the plurality of steps and allows the pawl actuator to be manipulated relative to the base to align the pawl with a step of the plurality of steps.

An operation device for a vehicle transmission is configured to include: a base bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a slider lever that is slidably supported by the base bracket and includes a shift knob; and a main gear, which is rotatably supported by the base bracket and includes gear teeth at an outer circumferential portion, to which an end portion of a shift wire of the vehicle transmission is connected at a position separated from a gear support shaft of the base bracket, the slider lever including a rack gear that is formed along a sliding direction of the slider lever and is engaged with the gear teeth of the main gear, and gear change of the transmission being performed by causing the main gear to rotate with sliding of the slider lever and pushing and pulling the shift wire.

An operation device for a vehicle transmission is configured to include: a base bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a slider lever that is slidably supported by the base bracket and includes a shift knob; and a main gear, which is rotatably supported by the base bracket and includes gear teeth at an outer circumferential portion, to which an end portion of a shift wire of the vehicle transmission is connected at a position separated from a gear support shaft of the base bracket, the slider lever including a rack gear that is formed along a sliding direction of the slider lever and is engaged with the gear teeth of the main gear, and gear change of the transmission being performed by causing the main gear to rotate with sliding of the slider lever and pushing and pulling the shift wire.

A shifter simulator system comprising a frame with a gear stick hinge, a gear stick that is hingedly connected to the frame via the gear stick hinge, and a moveable frame part configured for moving relative to the frame and provided with a first contact surface and a second contact surface.

The shifter simulator system also includes a magnetic contact and a tilting element configured for tilting around a tilting axis via a tilting connection in response to a movement of the gear stick and providing a first lever, and wherein the tilting element is provided with a first contact element and a second contact element configured for engaging the respective first and second contact surfaces of the moveable frame part providing a second lever, and by moving the moveable frame part defining a shifter movement with the magnetic contact. The first and/or second levers are adjustable.

A transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission shift unit that receives a shift command of the vehicle, a driving unit that generates a driving force for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between positions, and a controller configured to control the driving unit for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between the positions depending on whether a preset condition is satisfied. In particular, the driving unit includes a first stator to generate magnetic flux, a first rotor including first inner permanent magnets and second inner permanent magnets and configured to be rotated by the magnetic flux transmitted to the first inner permanent magnets, outer permanent magnets, a second rotor disposed between the second inner permanent magnets and the outer permanent magnets, and a clutch unit disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor.

A selector lever assembly for selecting and shifting to various driving modes in a vehicle transmission may include a rotary knob that is connected to a shaft element supported in a housing, where the driving modes are assigned to the rotational range of the shaft element, and separated from one another by a latching contour that can be felt by a driver, and where the rotation of the shaft element can be blocked by a locking contour, and where the shaft element is connected to a disk element for conjoint rotation, but can be displaced axially in order to activate and deactivate at least one further function mode.

An embodiment method of operating a vehicle comprises detecting a first position of a shift lever, determining whether the first position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state, and, in response to the first position of the shift lever being in the abnormal state, moving a detent portion of a housing relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data.

An anti-theft device for a vehicle includes an approach prevention cover disposed in a shift lever housing to cover a shift cable connected to a shift lever so as to prevent the shift cable from being detached. Such an anti-theft vehicle makes is possible to easily and efficiently prevent theft of the vehicle by preventing a shift cable operated along with operation of a shift lever from being removed.

The motor vehicle is configured to recognize a shift position in response to the user's shift operation of a shift lever and to control a driving system, based on the shift position and the user's accelerator operation, brake operation and steering operation. On occurrence of a predetermined abnormality that causes a failure in recognizing the shift position, the motor vehicle sets an abnormality-time shift position based on vehicle peripheral information and notifies the abnormality-time shift position. When a moving direction is set by a moving direction setting unit that is provided separately from the shift lever and that allows the user to set the moving direction, the motor vehicle resets the abnormality-time shift position based on the moving direction, and controls the driving system, based on the abnormality-time shift position, the brake operation and the steering operation.

In a vehicle including a shift-by-wire (SBW) transmission which may be parked in the neutral gear position of the transmission, method for controlling parking thereof includes determining whether the vehicle is in a situation in which neutral parking is required according to sensor information, when the vehicle is stopped, outputting first information configured to get a confirmation on whether a driver intends to perform the neutral parking from the driver, when the controller concludes that the vehicle is in the situation in which the neutral parking is required and when a park (P) gear position is input or an ignition of the vehicle is turned off, and controlling the SBW transmission to shift to a neutral (N) gear position, when there is an agreement input as a response to the first information.