MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414070064 A) filed by Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka, Japan, on Sept. 17, 2024, for 'shift position detection apparatus for automatic transmission.'

Inventor(s) include Masaki Ishihara.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a shift position detection apparatus for an automatic transmission that can specify a failed sensor when any of a plurality of sensors fails. A plurality of sensors (H1) to (H8) are arranged such that detection signals of the plurality of sensors change in a process in which a select lever moves...