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US 4,065,982 AGranted
Transmission gear shift control
OwnerGerald W. Wengerinventor
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Abstract
A gear shift control assembly comprises a single, upright handgrip for moving the shift lever between gear selection positions and for controlling the supply of air to the pneumatic inlets of the transmission system.
Claims5
A transmission shift control assembly, comprising
- a gear shift lever including an upstanding elongated rod,
- a first body member mounted to the upper end of said rod,
- a second body member rotatably mounted to said first body member for rotation about an axis aligned with the axis of said rod,
- means for connecting a plurality of transmission control fluid lines to said first body member,
- valve means disposed in said body members and responsive to the relative angular positions of said body members for interconnecting selective ones of said fluid lines,
- an elongated hand grip member fixedly secured to said second body member and extending upwardly therefrom with the axis of said hand grip member being aligned with the axis of rotation of said second body member,
- whereby said hand grip member may be grasped by the user with the fingers encircling said axis and with the inside of the wrist facing in a horizontal direction to facilitate the simultaneous rotation of said second body member and movement of said rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.