Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Multiple controlled elements
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-02
2009-06-23
Ridley, Richard W L (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Multiple controlled elements
C074S473230
Reexamination Certificate
active
07549353
ABSTRACT:
A vehicular shift lever device wherein a path of movement of a shift lever is defined by a guide slot having a corner portion which has an angle of bend of about 90° and which corresponds to an intermediate position of the shift lever that is spaced apart from a parking position in a select direction and from another operating position in a shift direction perpendicular to the select direction, the guide slot having a first guide surface and a second guide surface which define a width in the shift direction of a portion of the guide slot between first and second positions respectively corresponding to the parking and intermediate positions, the first guide surface being more distant in the shift direction than the second guide surface from a third position corresponding to the another operating position, and being inclined with respect to the select direction such that the width of the above-indicated portion of the guide slot decreases from a value at the first position which is larger than a diameter of the shift lever, to a value at the second position, as the portion extends in the select direction from the first position to the second position.
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Masuda Takayoshi
Shimizu Etsuo
Shindo Yoshiyuki
Takeuchi Yasunori
Uemura Shinichi
Boes Terence
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
Kojima Press Industry Co. Ltd.
Mannoh Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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