IP Library Granted Patent US 7,562,602
Granted Patent B2
US 7,562,602 · App. 11/473,899 · Granted Jul 21, 2009

Gearshift lever with reverse gear lock-out

Assignee: Teleflex Automative Germany GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,562,602
App. No.
11/473,899
Granted
Jul 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gearshift lever with a reverse gear lock-out, having a manual gearshift lever with a gearshift knob, beneath which are placed the control line sheath, the ball, an elbow lever, and the transmission mechanism to actuate reverse gear. There is a lever of the reverse gear lock-out that can pivot around a pin in the housing, on which the transmission mechanism acts, and that blocks the motion of the elbow lever. The elbow lever has one shaft that can pivot on the housing and another shaft that receives a selector finger of the ball.

Claims (11)

1. A gearshift lever with reverse gear lock-out, comprising:

a manual gearshift lever with a gearshift knob;

a control line sheath connected to the manual gearshift lever;

a cable control line connected to the gearshift lever to actuate the reverse gear lock-out;

a ball having a selector finger and being located beneath the manual gearshift lever;

a housing located beneath the manual gearshift lever;

an elbow lever located beneath the manual gearshift lever, said elbow lever having one shaft that pivots on the housing and another shaft that receives the selector finger of the ball;

a lever of the reverse gear lock-out that pivots around a pin in the housing, said cable control line acting on said lever of the reverse gear lock-out and blocking the motion of the elbow lever; and

a first detent for the cable control line on the manual gearshift lever, said manual gearshift lever having a curvature between the control line sheath and the ball, said first detent being located on the manual gearshift lever between the curvature and the control line sheath, and a core of the cable control line having an end being connected to the control line sheath, and

a second detent on the housing for the cable control line, an opposite end of the core of the cable control line being connected to one end of the lever of the reverse gear lock-out.

2. A gearshift lever according to claim 1 , wherein the first detent on the manual gearshift lever is molded onto the manual gearshift lever.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 018029 FRAME 0645. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NAME TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH IS THE CORRECT ASSIGNEE'S NAME.. Recorded Dec 23, 2014
From: BLASCOK, BOHUSLAV; KNAGGE, MARTIN
To: TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 035128/0659 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: KONGSBERG DRIVELINE SYSTEME GMBH
To: KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE AB
Reel/Frame 028860/0278 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2012
From: TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
To: KONGSBERG DRIVELINE SYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 028849/0412 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 15, 2012
From: TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH AND TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE (HOLDING) GMBH
To: TELEFLEX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 028789/0651 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2006
From: BLASCOK, BOHUSLAV; KNAGGE, MARTIN
To: TELEFAX AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 018029/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 062 167 · Dec 23, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070144296A1 · Jun 28, 2007