TWM631577U - Improved vehicle shifting mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an improvement of a vehicle shifting mechanism, which includes a gearbox, a shifting driving unit and a shifting lever, the shifting lever is assembled on a shifting shaft of the gearbox, and the shifting driving unit is arranged on the On the side of the shift lever, the operation of forward or reverse gear is controlled through the electrical connection between the control switch located beside the handle of the vehicle and the shift drive unit, so that the shift drive unit drives the shift lever to push down the shift lever. The action of shifting or pushing up and reversing, and through an automatic shift switch located next to the vehicle handle, and with the main driving control processor, when the automatic shifting switch is turned on and the automatic shifting mode is activated, the driving control main processor It will receive the data of the main power motor or engine speed and torque load to activate the shift drive unit at the optimum time point to drive the shift lever to produce a full automatic control of pressing the forward gear or pushing up the reverse gear and neutral, eliminating the need for the driver to The complex action of stepping on the shift lever with the foot to advance or hooking the shift lever with the instep to reverse the gear, thereby achieving the purpose of changing gears more conveniently and improving driving safety when driving a car in gear.

Description

The Improvement of Vehicle Shifting Mechanism

The present invention provides an improvement of a vehicle gear shifting mechanism, especially an action control and fully automatic action control and fully automatic operation in which the control switch and the automatic gear shifting switch cooperate with a gear shifting drive unit to push down the gear shift lever to move into gear or push up to reverse gear. Improved design of vehicle gear shifting mechanism in gear shifting mode.

Press, we all know that because the gear car has a gearbox, it can change gears when different road conditions such as starting a large power or climbing a slope are required to meet the required power, which can greatly save energy, and the conventional vehicle 6 needs to be changed. At the speed of the vehicle, as shown in the twelfth picture, the gear shift lever 61 set by stepping on or reversing the hook is used to change the gear position to achieve the purpose of shifting, but when switching back to the previous gear position, it is necessary to use the The instep hooks the shift lever 61 upward to achieve the purpose of returning to the previous gear, but when the driver wears high-end and expensive shoes, when the instep hooks the shift lever 61, the surface of the shoe will be shifted The rod 61 is scratched and damaged, and if you wear thick shoes or rain boots, shoe covers, etc. in rainy days, it will also affect the normal operation when the shift lever 61 is hooked up to return to the previous gear.

Furthermore, in a general car, because the gear shift lever 61 is used to shift the gears into and out of gear, there are still many people who are unfamiliar with the shifting of the gear car, except those who are familiar with the gear car. It is impossible to drive a car in gear, and when there are many traffic jams in urban areas, or when you are going uphill or downhill in the mountains, the driver needs to pay attention to the driving conditions while driving, and also need to constantly change gears depending on the driving needs. , thereby causing the complexity and danger of driving operations.

<Technical problem to be solved> In view of the practical difficulties and deficiencies to be improved in the above-mentioned conventional vehicle shifting design, the creator hopes to provide a breakthrough design to enhance the practical effect. The professional technical knowledge and practical experience of product design, production and sales, and the results obtained from the research and design, finally researched and created an improvement of the vehicle shifting mechanism to provide users.

＜Technical solutions to problems＞ The present invention provides an improvement of a vehicle shifting mechanism, which includes a gearbox, a shifting driving unit and a shifting lever, the shifting lever is assembled on a shifting shaft of the gearbox, and the shifting driving unit is arranged on the On the side of the shift lever, the operation of forward or reverse gear is controlled through the electrical connection between the control switch located beside the handle of the vehicle and the shift drive unit, so that the shift drive unit drives the shift lever to push down the shift lever. The action of shifting up or pushing back the gear, and through another automatic shift switch set next to the vehicle handle, and with the driving control main processor, when the automatic shifting switch is turned on and the automatic shifting mode, the driving control main processing The device will receive the data of the main power motor or engine speed and torque load to activate the shift drive unit at the best time to drive the shift lever to produce full automatic control of pressing down into gear or up in reverse gear and neutral gear, eliminating the need for the driver The complex action of stepping on the shift lever with the foot to enter the gear or hooking the shift lever with the instep to reverse the gear, thereby achieving the purpose of changing the gear more conveniently and improving the driving safety when driving the car.

The shifting drive unit includes a motor, a reducer and a cam, the motor set is arranged at the input end of the reducer, and a first reduction gear and a second reduction gear are installed in the casing of the reducer, wherein the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear are installed in the casing of the reducer. The second reduction gear has a power output shaft extending out of one side of the casing, a circuit board with a micro-motion sensing element is assembled on the side of the casing, and the second reduction gear and the circuit board are enclosed in the casing by a side cover and a gasket , On the power output shaft of the second reduction gear, there is a cam, when the motor drives the first and second reduction gears to rotate, it also drives the cam on the power output shaft of the second reduction gear to rotate forward or reverse synchronously, and The magnetic element or the convex part on the second reduction gear is used for sensing or pressing contact with the micro-motion sensing element, and then the motor is stopped after the cam rotates forward or reverse 360 degrees, so that the cam stops at the original position.

The shift drive unit is locked and assembled on the side cover of the gearbox, so as to facilitate maintenance or replacement of the shift drive unit.

The micro-motion sensing element can be a sensor chip or a micro-switch. Besides the side cover of the gearbox, an outer cover is provided, which has the effect of beautiful appearance and anti-fouling.

<Effects compared to the prior art> The main purpose of this creation is to use the control switch and automatic shift switch to control the shifting drive unit to perform the operations of shifting gears, shifting gears and automatic shifting. Under the load condition during driving, switch to the most appropriate gear immediately at the best gear shifting timing, so as to save energy and increase the cruising range of the vehicle, and there is no need to step on the gearshift lever or reverse the hook for gear shifting. The change of position, thereby improving the safety of driving.

The second purpose of this creation is mainly the design of this creation. In addition to the general people who are familiar with gear cars, it also allows people who could not drive a gear car to easily drive a gear car and experience the fun of gear.

Another purpose of this creation is to use the control switch and the automatic shift switch to control the shift drive unit. In addition to the traditional foot control for shifting, the control switch at the appropriate position of the handle can be used for manual shifting. Or switch to automatic shifting, through the shifting drive unit, the shifting car can be controlled by foot to shift or control the shifting drive unit with the control switch and the automatic shifting switch to perform shifting, shifting and automatic shifting control, and then Improve the driving pleasure and economic value of the gear car.

In order for your reviewers to have a better understanding of the structural features and functions of this creation, the drawings are hereby explained in detail below.

Please refer to the first, second and third figures, the present invention provides an improvement of a vehicle shifting mechanism, which includes a gearbox 1 driven by a main power motor 11 , a shift lever 2 and a shift drive unit 3. The shift lever 2 is set on the shift shaft 111 of the gearbox 1 , and the shift drive unit 3 is arranged on the side of the shift lever 2 , through the control switch arranged next to the handle 41 of the vehicle 4 42 is electrically connected with the shift drive unit 3 to control the operation of shifting in or out (as shown in the sixth and seventh figures), so that the shift drive unit 3 drives the shift lever 2 to push down the shift lever 2. Or the action of pushing up the reverse gear, and through another automatic shifting switch 43 located beside the handle 41 of the vehicle 4, and in cooperation with the driving control main processor 44, when the automatic shifting switch 43 is turned on to enter the automatic shifting mode, The driving control main processor 44 will receive the data of the main power motor 11 or the engine speed and torque load to activate the shift drive unit 3 at the optimum time point to drive the shift lever 2 to generate a push-down gear or a push-up gear and a neutral gear The fully automatic control eliminates the complex shifting action of the driver by stepping on the shift lever 2 with the foot to advance or hooking the shift lever 2 with the instep to reverse the gear, thereby achieving the driving gear when the vehicle is in driving. For safety and energy saving purposes.

Please refer to Figure 8, wherein the shifting drive unit 3 includes a motor 31, a reducer and a cam 325, the motor 31 is assembled at the input end of the reducer, and the casing 32 of the reducer is built in A first reduction gear 321 and a second reduction gear 322 are provided, and the motor 31 drives the first reduction gear 321 , wherein the second reduction gear 322 has a power output shaft 324 extending out from one side of the casing 32 , on the side of the casing 32 . A circuit board 34 with a micro-motion sensing element 341 is assembled, and the second reduction gear 322 and the circuit board 34 are enclosed in the casing 32 by a side cover 33 and a washer 331. The power output shaft of the second reduction gear 322 324 is provided with a cam 325, when the motor 31 drives the first reduction gear 321 and the second reduction gear 322 to rotate, it also simultaneously drives the cam 325 provided on the power output shaft 324 of the second reduction gear 322 to rotate forward or reversely, and The magnetic element 3231 or the convex part on the hub 323 of the second reduction gear 322 senses or presses against the micro-motion sensing element 341, and then the motor 31 is stopped after the cam 325 rotates forward or reverse by 360 degrees to make the cam 325 Stop at the original position, when pressing the control switch 42 "+" located next to the handle 41 of the vehicle 4 once, the control switch 42 will control the shift drive unit 3 to act and drive the cam 325 to reverse 360 degrees once, and when the cam 325 rotates Push the roller 21 located on the inner side of the shift lever 2 to press down the shift lever 2, and then complete the action of pressing down the shift lever 2 to advance once (as shown in Figure 4 to Figure 4-3). On the contrary, when pressing When the "-" of the control switch 42 located next to the handle 41 of the vehicle 4 is once, the control switch 42 will control the shifting drive unit 3 to act and drive the cam 325 to rotate forward 360 degrees once. The roller 21 on the inner side of the lever 2 pushes the shift lever 2 upward, and then completes the action of pushing up the shift lever 2 to shift back once (as shown in Fig. 5 to Fig. 5-3). When the automatic shift switch 43 is pressed, the In the shift mode, the shift drive unit 3 drives the shift lever 2 to produce fully automatic control of pushing down to enter or pushing up to reverse and neutral.

The shift drive unit 3 is locked and assembled on the transmission side cover 12 to facilitate maintenance or replacement of the shift drive unit 3 .

The micro-motion sensing element 341 can be a sensor chip or a micro-switch. Besides the gearbox side cover 12 , an outer cover 121 (as shown in the ninth figure) is additionally provided, which has the effect of aesthetics and anti-fouling.

Please refer to Figure 10 and Figure 11 again, which are embodiments when the invention is applied to an electric vehicle, which includes a gearbox 1 driven by a main power motor 11 , a shift lever 22 and a shift drive unit 3 , the shift lever 22 is arranged on the shift shaft 111 of the gearbox 1, the shift drive unit 3 is arranged on the side of the shift lever 22, and is arranged in the steering wheel 5 of the electric vehicle or beside the driver's seat. The gear lever 51 and the control switch 52 are located at the appropriate position, and the electrical connection between the control switch 52 and the gear shifting drive unit 3 can be used to perform the operation of forward or reverse. The control switch 52 can be controlled by the gear lever 51, and the control switch 52 can also be a push type or a knob type, when the shift lever 51 is moved to the "+" direction of the control switch 52 once or the control switch 52 is pressed "+" once, the control switch 52 will control the shift drive unit 3 to act and drive the cam 325 is reversed 360 degrees once, when the cam 325 rotates, push the roller 23 on the inner side of the shift lever 22 to push the shift lever 22, and then complete the action of pushing up the shift lever 22 to advance once, otherwise, toggle the shift lever 51 To the "-" direction of the control switch 52 once or press the control switch 52 "-" once, the control switch 52 will control the shifting drive unit 3 to act and drive the cam 325 to rotate forward 360 degrees once, and when the cam 325 rotates, push the setting to the shifting position. The roller 23 on the inner side of the shift lever 22 pushes the shift lever 22 down, and then completes the action of depressing the shift lever 22 to shift back once. A" When the automatic shift control mode is activated once, the driving control main processor 53 of the electric vehicle will receive the data of the rotational speed and torque load to activate the shift drive unit 3 at the optimum time to drive the cam 325 on it to push the shift lever 22 Produces automatic control of pushing up or pushing down to reverse and neutral, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic shifting.

A differential 15 is arranged below the gearbox 1 , and a pulley set 14 is arranged between the speed output shaft 13 of the gearbox 1 and the differential 15 to drive the transmission shaft 16 to drive the wheels 17 to rotate through the differential 15 .

To sum up, the present invention provides the effect of changing the gears without stepping on the gearshift lever set by stepping or reversing the hook, thereby improving the safety of driving, which is very novel, progressive and applicable to the industry. The creation of the application has actually met the requirements for granting a new type patent. It is a virtue to file a patent application in accordance with the law.

Only the above are only the preferred embodiments of this creation, and should not be used to limit the scope of this creation, all the equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application for this creation should still belong to this creation patent. within the scope of coverage.

1: Gearbox 11: Main power motor 111: Shift shaft 12: Transmission side cover 121: cover 13: Speed output shaft 14: Pulley set 15: Differential 16: Drive shaft 17: Wheels 2, 22, 61: Shift lever 21,23: Roller 3: Shift drive unit 31: Motor 32: Shell 321: The first reduction gear 322: Second reduction gear 323: Wheels 3231: Magnetic Components 324: PTO shaft 325: Cam 33: side cover 331: Gasket 34: circuit board 341: Micro-motion sensing element 4,6: Vehicles 41: Grip 42,52: Control switch 43: Automatic shift switch 44,53: Main processor of driving control 5: Steering wheel 51: Gear lever

The first figure is a three-dimensional exploded view of a preferred embodiment in this creative trial. The second figure is a combined perspective view of the structure shown in the first figure. The third figure is a side view of the shift drive unit and the shift lever of the present invention. Figure 4 to Figure 4-3 are the continuous action diagrams of the cam rotating in the reverse direction for one turn 360 degrees to complete pressing the shift lever once to advance. Figures 5 to 5-3 are the continuous action diagrams of the cam rotating forward 360 degrees once to complete the push-up of the shift lever to reverse the gear once. The sixth figure is a perspective view of an embodiment of this creation when it is actually used on a vehicle. Figure 7 is an enlarged view of an embodiment of the present creation where the vehicle handle is provided with a control switch for shifting in and out and an automatic shifting switch. Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of the shifting drive unit of the present invention. The ninth figure is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention in which an outer cover is provided on the outside of the side cover of the gearbox. Figure 10 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention when it is applied to an electric vehicle. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention applied to the gear lever portion of the electric vehicle. Figure 12 is a perspective view of a conventional vehicle.

1: Gearbox

11: Main power motor

111: Shift shaft

12: Transmission side cover

2: Shift lever

21: Roller

3: Shift drive unit

31: Motor

32: Shell

324: PTO shaft

325: Cam

Claims (9)

An improvement of a vehicle shifting mechanism, which comprises a gearbox, a shift lever and a shift drive unit, the gearbox is driven by a main power motor, and the shift lever is assembled on a shift shaft of the gearbox, The shift drive unit is arranged on one side of the shift lever, and the operation of shifting gears is controlled through the electrical connection between the control switch arranged beside the vehicle handle and the shift drive unit, and then the shift drive is performed. The unit drives the gearshift lever to push down the gearshift or push up the gearshift action, and then passes another automatic gearshift switch located next to the vehicle handle, and cooperates with the driving control main processor, when the automatic gearshift switch is turned on, the automatic In shift mode, the main driving control processor will receive the data of the main power motor or engine speed and torque load to activate the shift drive unit at the best time to drive the shift lever to push down the gear or push up to reverse and neutralize. The automatic gear shifting control of gears can achieve the purpose of changing gears more conveniently and improving driving safety while driving. The improvement of the gear shifting mechanism of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the gear shifting drive unit comprises a motor, a reducer and a cam, the motor group is arranged at the input end of the reducer, and the casing of the reducer is installed There are a first reduction gear and a second reduction gear, the motor drives the first reduction gear, wherein the second reduction gear has a power output shaft extending out of one side of the casing, and a micro-motion sensing element is set on the other side of the casing The second reduction gear and the circuit board are enclosed in the casing by a side cover and a washer. A cam is arranged on the power output shaft of the second reduction gear, and the motor drives the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear. When the gear rotates, it also synchronously drives the cam on the power output shaft of the second reduction gear to rotate forward or reverse 360 degrees to drive the shift lever to push down the forward gear or push up to reverse the gear, and the second reduction gear The magnetic element or protrusion on the wheel hub and the micro-motion sensing element sense or press contact, and then the motor stops after the cam rotates forward or reverse 360 degrees, so that the cam stops at the original position. The improvement of the gear shifting mechanism of the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shifting driving unit is locked and assembled on the side cover of the transmission case, so as to facilitate maintenance or replacement of the shifting driving unit. According to the improvement of the vehicle shifting mechanism of claim 2, wherein the micro-motion sensing element can be a sensing chip or a micro-switch. An improvement of a vehicle shifting mechanism, which comprises a gearbox, a shift lever and a shift drive unit, the gearbox is driven by a main power motor, and the shift lever is assembled on a shift shaft of the gearbox, The shift drive unit is arranged on one side of the shift lever, and the control switch and the shift drive unit are electrically connected through the shift lever and the control switch arranged in the steering wheel seat of the vehicle or at a proper position beside the driver's seat. It is connected for the operation of forward or reverse. When the shift lever is moved to the "+" forward direction of the control switch once or the control switch "+" is pressed once, the control switch will control the cam set on the shift drive unit to reverse 360 degrees. Once, when the cam rotates, push the roller set on the inner side of the shift lever to push the shift lever, and then complete the action of pushing the shift lever to advance once. Once or pressing the control switch "-" once, the control switch will control the shift drive unit to act and drive the cam to rotate forward 360 degrees once. When the cam rotates, push the roller set on the inner side of the shift lever to press down the shift lever to complete the operation. The action of depressing the shift lever once to reverse the gear. According to the improvement of the gear shifting mechanism of the vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the control switch further includes automatic shifting control. In gear control mode, the driving control main processor of the vehicle will receive the data of the main power motor or engine speed and torque load to activate the gear shift drive unit at the optimum time point to drive the cam on it to push the gear shift lever to generate an up-drive gear or Press down the automatic control of backshift and neutral, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic shifting. The improvement of the gear shifting mechanism of a vehicle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the gear shifting drive unit comprises a motor, a reducer and a cam, the motor set is arranged at the input end of the reducer, and the casing of the reducer is installed There are a first reduction gear and a second reduction gear, the motor drives the first reduction gear, wherein the second reduction gear has a power output shaft extending out of one side of the casing, and a micro-motion sensing element is set on the other side of the casing The second reduction gear and the circuit board are enclosed in the casing by a side cover and a washer. A cam is arranged on the power output shaft of the second reduction gear, and the motor drives the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear. When the gear rotates, it also drives the cam on the power output shaft of the second reduction gear to rotate forward or reverse 360 degrees to drive the shift lever to push up or push down to reverse. The magnetic element or the convex part on the top generates sensing or pressure contact with the micro-motion sensing element, and then the motor stops after the cam rotates forward or reverse 360 degrees, so that the cam stops at the original position. According to the improvement of the vehicle shifting mechanism of claim 7, the micro-motion sensing element can be a sensing chip or a micro-switch. According to the improvement of the gear shifting mechanism of the vehicle according to claim 5 or 6, the control switch can be controlled by a gear lever, and the control switch can also be a push type or a knob type.

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