Attachable Electronic Shift Lever for Console Space Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic shift levers protrude, compromising driver convenience, visibility, and safety, while also reducing space utilization and increasing the complexity of the console layout, and the risk of injury during collisions.
Innovation Solution
An attachable and detachable electronic shift lever with a 'C' shaped design, featuring a PRND button and scroll wheel on its surface, which can be fixed or removed, and includes a charge panel and magnet for power supply, allowing for one-handed operation and improved visibility, with a wireless communication device for seamless transmission control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the shift lever protrudes from the console, then the transmission operation can be performed, but the driver visibility with respect to transmission mode is restricted and the console layout becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The shift lever is divided into separate functional components: the main lever body and the indicator light assembly are segmented into distinct elements. The indicator light can be positioned independently on the console surface, allowing the lever structure itself to be simplified while maintaining operational functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The indicator light is relocated from a vertical projection above the lever to a horizontal arrangement on the console surface. This dimensional change allows the transmission mode indicators to be displayed in the same plane as the lever base, reducing vertical space requirements and simplifying the overall console layout.
2Ease of operation
If the shift lever protrudes from the console, then the transmission operation can be performed, but the space required for the shift lever is large, reducing room for the driver
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the indicator light assembly from the lever body, the design allows the lever to be more compact. The indicator components can be distributed across the console surface rather than requiring a large protruding structure, thereby maximizing driver space while maintaining operational capability.
3Ease of operation
If the shift lever protrudes from the console, then the transmission operation can be performed, but a passenger may be injured at the time of a vehicle collision by the protrusion
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator light assembly is extracted from the protruding lever structure and repositioned on the console surface. This extraction eliminates the hazardous protruding elements that could cause injury during collisions, while the transmission operation functionality is preserved through the repositioned indicator system.
Solution Approach 2:
The design proactively addresses the collision injury risk by removing protruding elements before a collision occurs. The indicator lights are positioned on the flat console surface, creating a inherently safer configuration that prevents potential injury without compromising the transmission control function.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the shift lever is fixed in position, then the transmission operation is stable, but convenience of operation may not be secured and visibility with respect to indication of shift stage position is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator light assembly is positioned on the horizontal console surface rather than vertically above the lever. This allows the driver to view the transmission mode indicators from the side or at eye level, improving visibility without requiring the lever itself to be movable or adjustable.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances operational convenience, improves driver visibility, optimizes space utilization, reduces collision risks, and simplifies the console layout by allowing the shift lever to be adjusted in size and position, while enabling efficient transmission mode operations and device charging.
Implementation Method 1
a charge panel and magnet for power supply
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment of the present invention, electronic shift lever including a PRND button and a scroll wheel configured to operate an H-Matic function, which are formed within one region of an upper surface of the shift lever, respectively, in which the shift lever is formed to be attached to and detached from a fixing device which is formed within one region inside a vehicle.