MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617059872 A) filed by Kongsberg Automotive Wuxi Ltd. on May 11, 2026, for Shift Actuator.
Inventor includes Bjorkgard, Sven.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The invention is directed to a shift actuator comprising: a support (2); a rotary member (4) mounted to be rotatable about a rotary axis with respect to the support (2); an electric motor for rotating the rotary member; a shift fork (30) mounted to be pivotable about a pivot axis (22) that is parallel to the rotary axis; a cam (10) having a cam projection (12) including an apex (14) and being coupled to rotate with the rotary member (4), but being free to be displaced in a linear direction defined by a line perpendicular to the rotary axis to move the cam projection apex (14) closer the rotary axis against the bias of a spring (40) which biases the cam projec-tion apex (14) away from the rotary axis to an extended position; a cam follower (38) provided on the shift fork (30) and configured to cooperate with the cam projection (12) such that when the cam projection exerts a force on the cam follower (38) a resulting force is urging the shift fork (30) to pivot from a neutral position to a shifted position; a control unit (50) configured to control the electric motor; characterized in that a sensor (60) connected to the control unit (50) is configured to detect when the shift fork (30) has reached the shifted position, that the cam (10) is provided with a projecting cam stopper (20), and that the control unit (50) is configured to, upon receiving a sensor signal indicating that the shift fork (30) has reached the shifted position, control the electric motor (4) to turn the cam (10) by a predetermined angle further to move the cam (10) to a blocked position in which the cam stopper (20) is juxtaposed with a stationary stopper (8) fixed with respect to the support (2) to block linear displacement of the cam (10) against the bias of the spring.
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