Vehicle shift/console arrangement
US7631917B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20018
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle includes console/shifter arrangement includes a vehicle floor, a shifter base member and a console. A shifter base member has oversized fastening apertures arranged to align with threaded apertures in the vehicle floor. Fasteners extending through the oversized fastening apertures engage the threaded apertures and are moveable between an adjusting orientation and a securing orientation. The oversized fastening apertures have a prescribed dimension with respect to the fasteners such that the shifter base member is movable in alignment directions relative to the vehicle floor with the fasteners in the adjusting orientation. The console and the shifter base member are configured to move together as a single unit in the alignment directions while the fasteners are in the adjusting orientation.
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