Motor vehicles – Manually actuated controlling devices – With transmission control
Patent
1986-01-21
1987-06-09
Love, John J.
Motor vehicles
Manually actuated controlling devices
With transmission control
74471XY, B60K 2000
Patent
active
046713786
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a mechanism for maintaining a gear shift control lever in a neutral position against inadvertent and accidental movement. The mechanism includes a control lever unit movable in a first plane to effect operation of a cable connected to the vehicle transmission direction control valve. The control lever is also movable in a second plane normal to the first plane but with linkage effecting lost motion in the second plane movement with respect to the transmission direction control valve cable. A bracket mounted side-by-side with the control lever linkage is operably connected to the transmission gear selector valve and has a lost motion connection with the control lever such that the bracket is moved only upon movement of the control lever in the second plane. The bracket tends to retain the control lever in the neutral position; and in combination with a face plate through which the control lever extends, and a biasing unit mounted between the lever unit and the bracket, the control lever is firmly held in a neutral position slot formed in the face plate.
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Kaukaskie Robert L.
Korrect Steven G.
Deere & Co.
Love John J.
Rice Kenneth R.
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