US 11,739,832 B2
Shift by wire system
Yang Rae Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Wonjin Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Chang Su Lee, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SL Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/82,352.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0043353 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0317911 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. F16H 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 59/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/0204 (2013.01) [F16H 59/10 (2013.01); F16H 59/12 (2013.01); F16H 61/0006 (2013.01); F16H 2059/081 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shift by wire system comprising:
an upper housing;
a control panel which is coupled to an upper portion of the upper housing and is configured to generate an electrical manipulation signal according to a driver's shifting operation;
a shifter controller provided inside the upper housing and configured to transmit shift information according to the electrical manipulation signal;
a middle housing coupled to a lower portion of the upper housing through an upper portion of the middle housing;
an actuator controller which is connected to the shifter controller inside the middle housing and is configured to apply a driving signal according to the shift information to an actuator; and
a lower cover coupled to a lower portion of the middle housing,
wherein a plurality of connection protrusions is formed at an upper edge portion of the middle housing,
wherein in a lower edge portion of the upper housing, a plurality of connection holes into which the plurality of connection protrusions is coupled is formed, and
wherein the upper housing and the middle housing are provided as a single assembly combined with each other.