US 11,739,831 B2
Dial-type shifting control apparatus for vehicles
Bum Jun Kim, Siheung-si (KR); and Jun Hyeong Lee, Seoul (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 Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,385.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0108932 (KR), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065344 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 59/08 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 59/12 (2013.01) [F16H 59/0208 (2013.01); F16H 59/0278 (2013.01); F16H 2059/081 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shifting control apparatus of vehicles, the shifting control apparatus comprising:
an upper cover having a button exposure hole formed through the upper cover;
a dial bezel extending in a circumferential direction of the upper cover and integrated with the upper cover to form a single solid body without a gap between the dial bezel and the upper cover along a circumference of the upper cover, wherein the upper cover and the dial bezel are integrated into the single solid body by a dual shot injection molding;
a dial disposed on a circumference of the dial bezel and fastened to the dial bezel to be rotated simultaneously with the dial bezel;
a dial housing extending from and integrated with a lower portion of the dial and mounted on a rotation shaft of a main housing;
a button housing disposed in the dial housing and fixedly mounted on a stationary shaft of the main housing; and
a button guide fixedly fastened into the button housing to guide a button in an elevation direction thereof,
wherein the button is disposed on the button guide so that an impact generated when the button is returned to an original position thereof is absorbed, and the button is exposed outside of the upper cover through the button exposure hole of the upper cover, and
wherein the button guide comprises:
an external ring fastened to the button housing;
an internal ring formed inside the external ring so that a body of the button is elevated in the internal ring;
guide holes, wherein guide blocks of the button located in the guide holes are selectively elevated along the guide holes; and
an impact absorption member formed on an upper end portion of an internal ring in an axial direction of the guide holes to absorb the impact caused by return of the guide blocks of the button.