Shifter lever
AssigneeLund, Inc.
InventorsJosh Foster, Terrel Lindsay
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Abstract
A shifter lever for a transmission of a motor vehicle includes a shifter tube extending between an upper end and a lower end. The lower end including an attachment member configured to be attached to the vehicle transmission for controlling an operation thereof. The shifter lever also includes a liner of foam rubber material disposed in the shifter tube and along a substantially entire length thereof for reducing vibration in the shifter tube. The liner is injected into the shifter tube and cured in place to conform to an interior surface of the shifter tube and to adhere to the interior surface of the shifter tube.
Claims15
A shifter lever for a vehicle transmission, comprising:
- a shifter tube extending between an upper end and a lower end, the shifter tube including a base portion having a tubular shape with a cross-section that is wider than a cross-section of a main part of the shifter tube between the base portion and the upper end,
- wherein the base portion is configured to receive an attachment member for coupling the shifter lever to the vehicle transmission for controlling an operation thereof, the shifter tube defining an upper aperture adjacent to the upper end;
- and
- a liner of foam material disposed in the shifter tube and along a substantially entire length thereof for reducing vibration in the shifter tube, wherein the liner defines a channel configured to receive at least one of an air line or an electrical cable therethrough,
- wherein the shifter tube and the liner together define a lower aperture adjacent to and spaced art from the base portion, the lower aperture configured to receive the at least one of the air line or the electrical cable therethrough.
A method of making a shifter lever for a vehicle transmission, comprising:
- providing a shifter tube extending between an upper end and a lower end, the shifter tube including a base portion having a tubular shape with a cross-section that is wider than a cross-section of a main part of the shifter tube between the base portion and the upper end, wherein the base portion is configured to receive an attachment member for coupling the shifter lever to the vehicle transmission for controlling an operation thereof,
- injecting a liquid material an interior of the shifter tube;
- curing the liquid material in place to form a liner of liner of foam material conforming and adhering to an interior surface of the shifter tube, wherein the shifter tube and the liner together define a lower aperture adjacent to and spaced apart from the base portion, the lower aperture configured to receive at least one of an air line or an electrical cable therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.