Shifter Assembly With Reduced Lash
AssigneeKongsberg Automotive AB
InventorAnders Kvarnström
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Abstract
The subject invention provides for a shifter assembly for selecting one of a plurality of gears of a transmission of a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a pin engaging a lever and one of a handle and a support and rotatable towards first and second ramps to define a first range of movement between the lever and one of the handle and the support. A first post and a second post extend from the lever. A first bushing is attached to the first post and a second bushing is attached to the second post. A pair of first and second engagement surfaces are disposed on the one of the handle and the support. The first bushing is sandwiched between the pair of first engagement surfaces and the second bushing is sandwiched between the pair of second engagement surfaces to define a second range of movement.
Claims23
A shifter assembly for selecting one of a plurality of gears of a transmission of a vehicle, said shifter assembly comprising:
- a support;
- a lever coupled to said support with said lever defining an aperture and an axis extending through said aperture with said lever having a contact surface disposed within said aperture, and a first ramp extending angularly from said contact surface and a second ramp extending angularly from said contact surface in an opposite direction from said first ramp;
- a handle defining an interior with said handle disposed over at least a portion of said lever;
- a pin engaging said contact surface of said lever and engaging one of said handle and said support to partially couple said lever to said one of said handle and said support with said pin rotatable towards said first and second ramps to define a first range of movement between said lever and one of said handle and said support;
- a first post and a second post extending from said lever in opposite directions transverse to said axis with each of said first and second posts extending to a distal end;
- a first bushing attached to said distal end of said first post and a second bushing attached to said distal end of said second post;
- and
- a pair of first engagement surfaces spaced from each other and a pair of second engagement surfaces spaced from each other with said first and second engagement surfaces disposed on said one of said handle and said support, and said first bushing sandwiched between said pair of first engagement surfaces and said second bushing sandwiched between said pair of second engagement surfaces to define a second range of movement and to fully couple said lever to said one of said handle and said support.
5-16. (canceled)
A shifter assembly for selecting one of a plurality of gears of a transmission of a vehicle, said shifter assembly comprising:
- a support;
- a lever coupled to said support and defining a bore;
- a handle defining an interior with said handle disposed over at least a portion of said lever;
- a pin engaging one of said handle and said support;
- and
- said lever further including a liner mounted within said bore of said lever with said liner defining an aperture and having a contact surface disposed within said aperture, and a first ramp extending angularly from said contact surface and a second ramp extending angularly from said contact surface in an opposite direction from said first ramp with said pin engaging said contact surface and selectively engaging said first and second ramps to define a range of movement between said lever and said one of said handle and said support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.