Shift lever device

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1997-07-29

1999-03-09

Luebke, Renee S.

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers

Special application

Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device

744733, G05G 106

Patent

active

058804226

ABSTRACT:
A shift lever 1 having an improved structure for holding a conductor wire 3 in position during assembly. The conductor wire 3 has one end 31 thereof disposed in a knob 2 of the shift lever 1. The conductor wire 3 is fitted with a terminal 41 to provide an electrical connection to a switch 4. The conductor wire 3 has a base portion 33 extending from a bent portion 32 formed in an intermediate portion toward the other end 34 of the conductor wire 3. The knob 2 has a conductor wire support hole 21 provided along the base portion 33 of the conductor wire 3. The positioning of the base portion 33 of the conductor wire 3 is performed by inserting a part 51 of a forming die 5 into the conductor wire support hole 21 when forming a flesh portion 23 of the shift lever 1. The shift lever 1 according to the invention holds the conductor wire 3 in a normal position for assembly when the conductor wire 3 is fitted with the terminal 41 of the switch 4 to provide an electrical connection.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3795156 (1974-03-01), Neuscheler
patent: 5706701 (1998-01-01), Murakami
patent: 5727423 (1998-03-01), Torii et al.

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