Gear knob
AssigneeLisa Dräxlmaier GmbH
InventorsKlaus Huber, Lukas Armada
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Abstract
A gear knob capable of assembly onto or removal from a gear stick of a vehicle as a sub assembly and/or without the use of tools. The gear knob has a latch that engage with an axial interlocking section of the gear stick. A manipulation device formed integrally with a retaining sleeve of the gear knob can move the latch away from the interlocking section of the gear stick.
Claims17
A gear knob for assembly on a gear stick of a vehicle, the gear stick having an axial interlocking section, the gear knob comprising:
- a basic body;
- a receiving section extending axially in the basic body and having an aperture for receiving the gear stick;
- a latching means joined to the basic body and that can be brought into engagement with the axial interlocking section of the gear stick, wherein the latching means can be moved from an engaged position in a direction away from the gear stick;
- an axially movable retaining sleeve for fixing the engagement of the latching means with the axial interlocking section;
- an elastic element supported with one end on the retaining sleeve, the elastic element pre-tensioning the sleeve to a retaining position in which position the retaining sleeve is disposed at least partially over the latching means and fixes the latching means in the engaged position;
- a manipulation device formed integrally with the retaining sleeve and adapted to axially displace the retaining sleeve;
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- a limit nib on the latching means with which the retaining sleeve is in contact in the retaining position, wherein another end of the elastic element opposite the one end is supported on a basic body side.
A gear knob for assembly onto a gear stick having an interlocking section, the gear knob comprising:
- a body;
- a latch joined to the body, the latch adapted to engage the interlocking section of the gear stick when the latch is in an engagement position;
- a manually operable movable device operatively coupled to the latch and adapted to cause movement of the latch into and out of the engagement position;
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- a limit nib operatively coupled to the movable device, the limit nib adapted to limit movement of the movable device.
A method of assembling a gear knob subassembly onto a gear stick that has an interlocking section, the method comprising:
- providing a gear knob subassembly comprising a body, a latch that can be brought into engagement with the interlocking section in an engaged position, and a manipulation device adapted to move the latch into engagement with the interlocking section;
- moving the manipulation device axially toward the body to move the latch away from the engaged position;
- sliding the gear knob subassembly onto the gear stick;
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- releasing the manipulation device to allow the latch to move toward the engagement position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.