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AssigneeDura Mechanical Components, Inc.
InventorsMiles G. Doolittle, Anthony R. Gurney, Stephanie J. Riffle, Arnold Schultes
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An automatic transmission shifter for a vehicle comprises a unitary glass reinforced nylon housing open at the bottom and having interconnected, spaced upper, side and end walls. A slot is formed in the upper wall, a pair of spaced aligned apertured bosses are formed in the side walls, and integral flanges extend from the side and end walls and incorporate a plurality of spaced apertures for mounting the housing to vehicle structure. A pair of spaced, aligned position control plates, each comprising a plurality of notches, are formed interiorly on the side walls, a plurality of detent notches are formed interiorly on the housing on one of the side walls below the position control plates, and a shift cable access opening is formed in one of the end walls. A shift lever assembly including an operating lever extends upwardly through the slot. A plastic trunnion mounts the lever and a pivot pin carried by the boss apertures mounts the trunnion for pivotal movement of the lever among a plurality of transmission control positions. The ends of a position pin mounted centrally on the shift lever simultaneously engage notches in each position control plate to control lever movement between positions. A spring-biased detent ball mounted on the trunnion engages in the detent notches to locate the lever in each of the control positions.
A housing for an automatic transmission shifter comprising a unitary piece of plastic having spaced upper, side and end walls and a bottom having an opening, said walls defining a housing interior surface, a straight-sided slot formed in the upper wall for receiving a shifter control lever therethrough, a pair of aligned bosses formed in the side walls for mounting a shift lever pivot pin, position control means defining a plurality of discrete transmission control positions formed on the interior surface of the housing, and flanges extending from the side and end walls for mounting the housing to vehicle structure wherein the shift control lever can only move unilinearly along said slot.
A housing for an automatic transmission shifter comprising a unitary piece of plastic having spaced upper, side and end walls and a bottom having an opening, said walls defining a housing interior surface, a straight-sided slot formed in the upper wall for receiving a shifter control lever therethrough, a pair of aligned apertured bosses formed in the side walls for mounting a shift lever pivot pin, flanges extending from the side and end walls incorporating a plurality of spaced apertures for mounting the housing to vehicle structure, a position control plate defining a plurality of discrete transmission control positions formed on the interior surface of the housing, and a plurality of detent notches formed on the interior surface of the housing wherein the shift control lever can only more unilinearly along said slot.
An automatic transmission shifter for a vehicle comprising a unitary plastic housing having interconnected spaced upper, side and end walls and a bottom having an opening, said walls defining a housing interior surface, a slot in the upper wall and a pair of spaced aligned apertured bosses formed in the side walls;
An automatic transmission shifter for a vehicle comprising a unitary plastic housing having interconnected spaced upper, side and end walls and a bottom having an opening, a slot in the upper wall, a pair of spaced aligned apertured bosses formed in the side walls, flanges extending from the side and end walls incorporating a plurality of spaced apertures for mounting the housing to vehicle structure, a pair of spaced, aligned position control plates each comprising a plurality of notches formed interiorly on the side walls, a plurality of detent notches formed interiorly on the housing on one of the side walls above the position control plates, and a shift cable mounting hole formed in one of the end walls;
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