Motor vehicles – Manually actuated controlling devices – With movable control station or seat position
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-27
2001-07-03
Herrmann, Allan D. (Department: 3682)
Motor vehicles
Manually actuated controlling devices
With movable control station or seat position
C074S473300, C297S217100, C297S411310
Reexamination Certificate
active
06253869
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vehicle transmission shift system.
2. Description of the Background Art
Modern road transportation moves a huge quantity of goods each and every day. Large trucks carry everything from food to flowers, and are moving at all times of the day and night. Although regulations govern the total hours of driving time a driver may put in, many routes require significant transit times, and truck development has had to reflect the needs of the drivers.
As a result of large distances and lengthy highway driving times, many modern trucks include a sleeper. The sleeper allows a truck driver to make long runs without having to incur the expense of renting a room.
A typical truck sleeper is built onto the back of the truck cab, and is a relatively small space in which a mattress or other bed may be found. Access to the sleeper is usually through a space between the driver and passenger seats of the truck.
However, in the related art a gearshift or gearshift console is usually located somewhere in the region between the seats. The gearshift or gearshift console usually extends upward out of the floor, even in trucks having newer powertrains that are electronically shifted or controlled. Therefore, although the gearshift or gearshift console may be in an optimum position for use during driving, it is in a poor position at other times and blocks access to the sleeper, for both the driver and any passenger.
What is needed, therefore, are improvements in vehicle gearshifts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A stow-away vehicle transmission shift system adapted to be pivotally mounted adjacent to a drivers seat of said vehicle is provided according to the invention. The stow-away vehicle transmission shift system comprises an axle positioned adjacent to the drivers seat, a swing arm having an upper end and a lower end, with the lower end being pivotally connected to the axle, and an electronic wire shift mechanism and an associated gearshift device mounted on the upper end of the swing arm, wherein the stow-away vehicle transmission shift system is capable of being pivoting with respect to the drivers seat between a forward in-use position and a rearward stowed position.
The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will be further understood from the following description of the preferred embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Biser Neal W.
Kresge Lonnie K.
Petraglia, Jr. John Patrick
Wilson James J.
Herrmann Allan D.
Mack Trucks, Inc.
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
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