Patent · US Expired

Gearshift device

US4787257A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

3References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Ott · Sankt Augustin, DE
Klaus Bieber · Gaimersheim, DE
Christian Dronia · Ingolstadt, DE
Josef Maier · Eichstätt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 1987
Grant date	Nov 29, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2063
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a gearshift device, especially in a motor vehicle, for shifting the speeds of a transmission, with a bearing bracket with a ball joint cup that receives a ball joint sphere mounted on a gearshift lever pivotable in two planes, stops mounted on the gearshift lever and fixed stops in the area of the ball joint sphere are provided, an imaginary line connecting which runs through the central area of the ball joint sphere, one pair of stops being provided with a rounded element for rolling on the other pair of stops. An adjusting plate formed on the bearing bracket is pivotably mounted in the fastening area with a base plate, in one pivot plane (preselection plane) of the gearshift lever.

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