Gear lever
AssigneeFCA Italy S.p.A.
InventorsDario Luvison, Valter Maggiora, Paolo Mancin, Vincenzo Nuara
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Abstract
A gear lever for motor vehicles is provided, of the type including a lever body, a grip, a block and a rod. The lever body defines a main axis and is configured for being associated to a gearshift device of a motor vehicle. The block is arranged to be displaced between an operative position and an inoperative position, respectively, for blocking and releasing the lever in or from a given gearshift position. The rod is slidably mounted within the lever body, and connected to which is said lever block, and which is arranged to be governed via a control member positioned on the lever body or on the grip for shifting the block from the operative position to the inoperative position. The lever is also height-adjustable.
Claims9
A gear lever for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a lever body, which defines a main axis and is configured for being associated to a gearshift device of a motor vehicle;
- a grip;
- a lever block, which is configured to be displaced between an operative position and an inoperative position, respectively, for blocking and releasing the lever in or from a given gearshift position;
- and
- a rod, slidably mounted within the lever body, to which said lever block is connected, and which is configured to be governed via a control member positioned on the lever body or on the grip, for shifting said block from said operative position to said inoperative position,
- wherein:
- said lever body is formed by a first body and a second body, a mutual position of which along said axis is configured to be selected by a driver on the basis of the desired vertical position of the grip;
- said rod is, in turn, formed by a first element and a second element, a mutual position of which along said axis is determined by the position selected for said first and second bodies;
- said lever comprises a blocking member, which is operatively associated to at least one of said first and second bodies and to at least one of said first and second elements, and which is configured to be governed by the driver between a first position in which said bodies, on one side, and said elements, on the other, are mutually constrained along the axis, and a second position in which said bodies and elements, respectively, are free to move with respect to one another, along said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.