KR20010047346A - Selector lever for automatic transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A gearshift lever has expanded pushing range to improve convenience of a driver. CONSTITUTION: A shifting button(110) is hingedly connected with a handle(100) to be pushed by a spring(113) to the direction to be released and to push a rod(21) to a single direction. A rail is formed on the lower surface of the shifting button(110). A rolling roller(121) is placed on the upper part of the rod(21) to be rotatably supported by the rail and to move rollingly on the rail. The upper surface of the handle(100) slopes downward from the front side to the rear side. The shifting button(110) can be pushed from the upper direction or the rear upper direction to shift a gearshift lever.

Description

Transmission lever 10 of an automatic transmission {Selector lever for automatic transmission}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift lever of an automatic transmission. In particular, the shift range of an automatic transmission in which the shifting lever of the shifting button for releasing the shift lock is expanded, thereby allowing shifting of the shift lever more easily. It is about the lever.

In order to shift the shift lever for the automatic transmission, when the pushbutton 21 is press-fitted, the shift lever 10 can be shifted by pushing it from the rear without bending the thumb. 10) can be shifted, so that shifting can be performed more easily in the shift lock state.

1 to 3, the shift lever 10 of a typical automatic transmission is arranged to be shiftable to a plurality of mode setting positions including a parking position, a neutral position, and a drive position, and a handle 10 at the top. And a rod assembly 20 in which the rod 21 is coupled to and movable therein; A detent plate (3) arranged in the vicinity of the rod assembly (20) and having a plurality of locking holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of mode setting positions; It comprises a detent pin 23 supported on the rod 21 to be engaged or released to each of the locking holes by the shifting of the rod assembly 20.

Moreover, the insertion hole 10a is formed in the vehicle width direction so that the push button 11 may be inserted in the side surface of the said handle 10 so that reciprocation is possible.

Moreover, the cam rod 25 which has an inclined surface on the opposite side to the push button 11 so that the rod 21 may move downward by the pressing force of the push button 11 above the rod 21. ) Is fixed.

In the conventional shift lock operation having such a configuration, as shown in Fig. 1, the cam rod 25 is moved downward by a push button, while detent elastically supported by the rod assembly 20. By moving the pin 23 downward, the pin 23 is moved away from the locking holes (corresponding to P to N) of the detent plate 3, thereby enabling desired shifting.

In the conventional shift lever 10, the rod 21 moves in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the pressing force of the push button advances, while the detent pin 23 and the detent plate 3 are caught. It is such a structure which releases the engagement with a sphere and implements a state which can be shifted.

By the way, in the conventional shift lever 10, when the shift for the start of the vehicle, the pressing force of the push button is not transmitted to the cam rod 25 and the rod 21 as it is, the pressing force transmitted to the rod 21 is Since the rod 21 acts in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction, the transmission force is reduced, resulting in inconvenience such as the driver having to press the push button strongly when shifting.

At the same time, the push button 11 is configured to press the push button 11 by the driver's thumb on the side of the shift lever 10 when the push button 11 is pressed. In addition, the push button 11 must be pressed at a predetermined angle, and the thumb bends the handle 10 of the shift lever due to the folding of the thumb. There was a problem that it requires a great deal of attention to the distribution of the force.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to expand the range of application of the push-in direction of the button for releasing the shift lock, and to perform shifting of the shift lever more easily when shifting. It is to provide a shift lever of an automatic transmission.

In order to achieve the above object, the shift lever of the automatic transmission according to the present invention is arranged to be shiftable to a plurality of mode setting positions including a parking position, a neutral position, and a drive position. A rod assembly having a movable rod embedded therein; A detent plate arranged in the vicinity of the rod assembly and having a plurality of locking holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of mode setting positions; A shift lever of an automatic transmission having a detent pin supported on the rod to engage or disengage the respective catches by shifting the rod assembly, wherein the handle is provided from the top to shift the vehicle. In addition, the shifting button is hinged so as to receive a force in a direction of releasing the pressure to the handle in a direction of release and then release the rod in one direction, the shifting button is a rail on the lower side The upper part of the rod, characterized in that the rolling roller is rotatably supported to enable the rolling movement along the rail.

1 is a view schematically showing a conventional shift lock device;

2 is a perspective view of the shift lever of FIG. 1;

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of a shift lever according to a line I-I of FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view schematically showing a main part of a shift lever according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 4, showing a state in which a shift is ready, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the rod assembly according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10 shifting lever 20 rod assembly

21: Rod 23: Detent Pin

25: Cam Rod 100: Handle

110: shifting button 111: rail

113: spring 120: support

121: rolling roller

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 4 is a perspective view schematically showing the main part of the shift lever according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of Figure 4, a state sectional view showing a state of the shift ready, Figure 6 Is a perspective view of the rod assembly 20 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral '1' denotes a shift lever that the driver shifts to shift in the parking position P, and reference numeral '15' denotes a plurality of shifts to indicate a setting mode in which the shift lever 10 is shifted when the vehicle shifts. It is a shift setting mode display member in which the setting modes (P, R, N, D, 2, 1) are displayed. Reference symbol '' is a detent plate 3 to which the detent pin 23 of the shift lever 10 is connected in order to hold the shift lever 10 in the desired shifting setting mode position.

The shift lever 10 is arranged to be shiftable to a plurality of mode setting positions including a parking position, a neutral position, and a drive position, and a handle 100 is coupled to an upper portion thereof, and a movable rod 21 is movable. It includes an embedded rod assembly 20.

Further, in the vicinity of the rod assembly 20, a detent plate 3 having a plurality of catches is arranged at a position corresponding to the plurality of mode setting positions P, R, N, D, 2, and 1. It is.

In addition, the rod assembly 20 includes a detent pin 23 supported by the rod 21 to be engaged or released to each of the engaging holes by the shifting of the rod assembly 20.

In addition, the upper side of the handle 100, in order to shift the vehicle, when the pressure from the top toward the handle 100 by a certain force or more, a shifting button ( One side of the 110 is hinged.

In addition, a rail 111 is provided on the other lower side of the shift button 110.

In addition, the rod 21 in the upper part of the rod 21, in conjunction with the rotation of the shifting button 110, rolling along the rail 111 of the shifting button 110, the length of the rod assembly 20 The rolling roller 121 is rotatably supported by the support 120 so that it can move up and down along a direction.

In addition, the hinge member of the shifting button 110, the shifting button 110 is pressed down by the driver to rotate downward, and then the elastic member 113 is disposed so as to be able to restore rotation.

In addition, the shifting button 110 and the handle 100, the shifting button 110 is pressed by the driver to rotate downward, and then restoring the restoring rotation angle of the shifting button 110 to restore the rotation. Engaging portion 130 is provided for.

In addition, the engagement portion 130 includes a protrusion 131 protruding from one side of the shifting button 110 and a locking jaw 133 formed in the insertion hole 101 of the handle 100.

Of course, the handle 100 has an insertion hole 101 through which the shifting button 110 and the rod assembly 20 are rotated and moved in a vertical direction.

Next, the operation and effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, at the start of the vehicle, the driver presses the shifting button 110 arranged on the handle 100 of the shift lever 10, as shown in Fig. 5, to the neutral position N at the parking position P. Shift to.

At this time, as can be seen from Figure 5, it is possible to press the shift button 110 from the upward or backward direction of the shift button 110.

In addition, when the shifting button 110 of the handle 100 is pressed by the driver, the rod 21 of the rod assembly 20 is moved downward, in conjunction with the downward movement of the rod 21, The tent pins 23 are moved downward.

At this time, the roller 121 is rotatably supported on the upper side of the rod 21 is guided by the rail formed on the lower side of the shifting button 110, the rotational movement of the shifting button 110 The rod 21 is moved downward along the longitudinal direction of the rod assembly 20.

In addition, when the rod 21 is moved downward, the detent pin 23 is moved below the height of the locking jaw (5) formed on the detent plate (3), while the detent pin (23) and the locking jaw The engagement with (5) will be released.

Accordingly, the handle 100 and the rod assembly 20 can be shifted.

That is, when the driver presses the shifting button 110, the shift lever 10 can be shifted from the parking position P to the neutral position N, thereby preventing the sudden occurrence of the sudden start phenomenon. You will be able to cope.

Therefore, according to the configuration according to the present application, at the start of the vehicle, the shifting button 110 releases the engagement between the detent pin 23 and the locking opening, and the neutral position (in the parking position P) ( When shifting the shift lever 10 with N), the shifting button 110 may be pressed by simply pressing the shifting button 110 from the upward or rearward direction of the shifting button 110. It is possible to expand the application range of the pressing direction of the).

As described above, according to the shift lever according to the present invention, the range of application of the shifting direction of the shift button for releasing the shift lock can be expanded, so that the shift lever can be shifted more easily. .

Claims (3)

A rod assembly that is shiftably arranged to a plurality of mode setting positions including a parking position, a neutral position, and a drive position, the rod assembly having a handle coupled to the upper portion, and having a movable rod; A detent plate arranged in the vicinity of the rod assembly and having a plurality of locking holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of mode setting positions; In the shift lever of the automatic transmission having a detent pin supported on the rod so as to engage or release the respective engaging opening by the shifting of the rod assembly, The knob is configured to receive a force in a direction of pressing and releasing a predetermined force from the top toward the handle to release the vehicle, and a shifting button is hinged so that the rod can be pushed down in one direction. The shifting button has a rail on a lower side thereof, The upper portion of the rod, the shift roller of the automatic transmission, characterized in that the rolling roller is rotatably supported to enable the rolling movement along the rail. The method of claim 1, The upper surface of the handle, the shift lever of the automatic transmission, characterized in that inclined toward the rear from the front of the vehicle. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The shifting button and the handle, the shifting lever of the automatic transmission, characterized in that the engaging portion for limiting the restoring rotation angle of the shifting button to be restored and then rotated after the shifting button is pressed by the driver.