US 11,746,897 B2
Electronic shift control apparatus
Sung Hoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Han Gil Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ki Young Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sang Jin Meun, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,105.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0048915 (KR), filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333685 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/24 (2013.01) [F16H 59/12 (2013.01); F16H 61/0006 (2013.01); F16H 2059/081 (2013.01); F16H 2061/241 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic shift control apparatus, comprising:
a fixing bracket fixed to a main housing;
a rotator installed to be rotatable with respect the main housing;
a shift dial coupled to the rotator, the shift dial configured to rotate with the rotator by a driver so as to select any one of shift ranges of a vehicle when rotating;
a main printed circuit board (PCB) fixed to the main housing and outputting a shift range signal selected by the shift dial to a transmission control unit (TCU);
a haptic motor fixed to the fixing bracket, the haptic motor being controlled to operate by the main PCB so as to generate a haptic signal when operating;
a pad member coupled to a top of the haptic motor and absorbing vibration and noise that are generated when the haptic motor is operated; and
a support PCB coupled to hook protrusions protruding upward further than the fixing bracket, fixing the position of the haptic motor in an up-down direction by pressing a top of the pad member, and connected to main PCB through a wiring.