US 12,241,544 B2
Sphere-type shift control apparatus for electronic transmission system
Ki Young Song, Gyeonggi-Do (KR); Jae Hyeong Cho, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yeon Ji Kang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Pill Yoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jae Min Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,708.
Application 18/462,708 is a division of application No. 17/015,701, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,781,646.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0057086 (KR), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417318 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 59/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 59/12 (2013.01) [F16H 2059/081 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sphere shift control apparatus for electronic transmission system, comprising:
a spherical mechanism having a rotary shaft coupled through a center of the spherical mechanism; and
a housing to which the spherical mechanism is rotatably coupled via the rotary shaft, wherein:
the spherical mechanism has three planes formed on a surface of the spherical mechanism, the three planes being continuously interconnected;
the spherical mechanism comprises a gear shift provided on a first plane of the spherical mechanism;
the spherical mechanism comprises a light source provided on a second plane of the spherical mechanism to realize indirect illumination;
the spherical mechanism comprises a display provided on a third plane of the spherical mechanism to transmit a specific image through an illumination window; and
wherein a portion of the spherical mechanism facing with the first plane of the spherical mechanism is opened in a radially outward direction from the center of the spherical mechanism such that a driver operates gear shifting through the opened portion of the spherical mechanism.