Gearshift device
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsDieter Ott, Klaus Bieber, Christian Dronia, Josef Maier
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Abstract
In a gearshift device, especially in a motor vehicle, for shifting the speeds of a transmission, with a bearing bracket with a ball joint cup that receives a ball joint sphere mounted on a gearshift lever pivotable in two planes, stops mounted on the gearshift lever and fixed stops in the area of the ball joint sphere are provided, an imaginary line connecting which runs through the central area of the ball joint sphere, one pair of stops being provided with a rounded element for rolling on the other pair of stops. An adjusting plate formed on the bearing bracket is pivotably mounted in the fastening area with a base plate, in one pivot plane (preselection plane) of the gearshift lever.
Claims6
A gearshift device in a motor vehicle for shifting the speeds of a transmission comprising:
- (a) a gearshift lever pivotable in two planes and mounted on a ball joint sphere;
- (b) said gearshift lever having two movable stops;
- (c) a bearing bracket cup for receiving at least a portion of said ball joint sphere;
- (d) two pair of fixed stops each pair fixed with respect to said cup and cooperating with said movable stops to limit the pivot angle of said lever in one of said planes;
- (e) said movable stops provided with an element for rolling on the fixed stops;
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- (f) said movable stops being colinear with a line passing through the center of said sphere and each of said pair of fixed stops being colinear with said line when engaged with said movable stops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.