Inventors:
Aaron M. Best - Murray UT, US
J Ken Barton - Sandy UT, US
David J Havell - Salt Lake City UT, US
Reginald T. Welles - Salt Lake City UT, US
Darrell R. Turpin - Murray UT, US
James W. Voorhees - Vancouver WA, US
John E. Kearney - St. Pete Beach FL, US
Camille B. Price - Kaysville UT, US
Nathan P. Stahlman - Vancouver WA, US
Aaron J. Turpin - Taylorsville UT, US
Aaron M. Purvis - Vancouver WA, US
Assignee:
Advanced Training System LLC - Tampa FL
International Classification:
G09B 19/16
Abstract:
An application for a shifter simulator for driver training includes a shaft with a handle covering an upper end of the shaft. An upper plate is coupled to the shaft and is slideably interfaced to a lower plate by a plurality of linear bearings, allowing the upper plate to slide in a Y direction with respect to the lower plate. There are spring loaded Y ball detents attached to the lower plate which interface to Y detent grooves attached to the upper plate. The spring loaded Y ball detents and Y detent grooves provide a plurality of natural stopping locations similar to those of a transmission of the target vehicle. A shift arm guide is affixed to the shaft and interfaces to an H-gate. The H-gate is affixed to the lower plate and has detents such that the H-gate and shift arm guide simulate gear shifting positions.