Shifter with park lock and neutral lock device
US6325196A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2011
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A shifter is provided for shifting a vehicle transmission between an automatic shifting mode that includes the automatically shifting gear positions of park, reverse, neutral, drive, and low drive, and a manual-shifting mode including upshift and downshift gear positions. The shifter includes a base, a lever carrier pivoted to the base for movement along a center shift path and side shift paths, and a shift lever pivoted to the lever carrier for movement between the different shift paths. The lever carrier has notches corresponding to the gear positions, and the shift lever has a pawl operably engaging the notches to control movement of the shift lever between the automatically shifting gear positions on the center shift path. The pawl is disengaged when the shift lever is moved into the side-located shift paths.
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