Gear shift lever with a button lock

Details Gear shift lever with a button lock Gear shift lever with a button lock

1997-09-02

1998-06-16

Gall, Lloyd A.

Locks

Special application

For control and machine elements

70247, 70360, 7447324, B60R 2506

Patent

active

057654131

ABSTRACT:
A gear shift lever including lever body, a knob mounted on a top end of the lever body, a control rod mounted in the lever body, a button mounted in a recessed chamber of the knob and depressed to force down the control rod for permitting the lever body to be shifted, and a button lock unit controlled to lock the button, wherein the button lock unit includes a stop member mounted inside the recessed chamber and having a forwardly extended projecting rod inserted into a longitudinal groove of the button, a spring connected between the stop member and the button to impart an outward pressure to the button, and a lock mounted in the button and turned with the key to move a stop rod in and out of the longitudinal groove of the button, the stop rod being stopped against the projecting rod of the stop member to lock the button when it is moved into the longitudinal groove of the button, the stop rod being disengaged from the projecting rod of the stop member to unlock the button when it is moved out of the longitudinal groove of the button.

REFERENCES:
patent: 962448 (1910-06-01), Miller
patent: 1198341 (1916-09-01), Geery
patent: 4231241 (1980-11-01), Lipski
patent: 4747278 (1988-05-01), Roncelli et al.
patent: 5134764 (1992-08-01), Taylor
patent: 5329792 (1994-07-01), Lee
patent: 5490403 (1996-02-01), Bianco, Sr.
patent: 5546775 (1996-08-01), Lee
patent: 5596894 (1997-01-01), Lee

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Gear shift lever with a button lock does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Gear shift lever with a button lock, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Gear shift lever with a button lock will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1714565