Coupling device for the gearshift linkage of motor vehicles

US5111711A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Michael Engel · Brück, DE
• Karl-Heinz Pepping · Villmar, DE
• Gunther Gebhardt · Stadtkyll, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 1991
• Grant date: May 12, 1992
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/7098
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A coupling device for effectuating the coupling of a gearshift rod or bar member which is connected with the transmission of a motor vehicle to a further gearshift rod or bar member which is connected with the shift lever for the motor vehicle. The two gearshift rods interengage at their adjoining end sections, and each possesses a cross-section which deviates from a circular configuration in order to ensure their interconnection being secured against rotation relative to each other. Between the interengaging end sections of the two gearshift rods, an intermediate element serves for the damping or absorption of sounds which are conducted through solids.