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AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. Snell, Thomas S. Kaliszewski, Rodney L. Eaton
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A column-mounted shift control assembly. The latter includes a rotatably mounted shift lever unit, a shift handle pivotally mounted on the shift lever unit, and resilient device for urging the terminal end of the shift handle toward a planar gate unit having Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, Second and Low detents formed thereon for selective cooperation with the spring-loaded shift handle terminal end to select a desired transmission shift position. A mechanical brake interlock mechanism cooperates with a blocker member pivotally mounted adjacent the terminal end of the shift handle adapted to prevent pivoting of the blocker member away from the terminal end to thus prevent movement of the terminal end of the shift handle out of the Park detent position prior to depression of the commonly used brake pedal.
In a transmission shift control assembly including a detent plate having a plurality of detents formed thereon including a Park detent, a shift lever having an end thereof pivotable into and out of the Park detent and rotatable to selected detents, a pivotally mounted spring-loaded flip cam, a blocker member pivotally mounted on said detent plate, a linkage member operatively connected between said flip cam and said blocker member adapted to selectively pivot said blocker member into and out of engagement with the end of the shift lever while the shift lever is in the Park detent position, a brake lever and associated brake pedal, and a spring for urging the brake lever from a depressed state to an undepressed state, a mechanical brake interlock mechanism comprising spring-loaded cable means operatively connected between said brake lever and said blocker member to prevent said blocker member from being pivoted away from said end of said shift lever until said brake pedal is depressed, said spring-loaded cable means including a spring connected to said blocker member, and a cable operatively connected between said spring and said brake lever.
In a transmission shift control assembly including a detent plate having a plurality of detents formed thereon including a Park detent, a shift lever having an end thereof pivotable into and out of the Park detent and rotatable to selected detents, a pivotally mounted spring-loaded flip cam, a blocker member pivotally mounted on said detent plate, a linkage member operatively connected between said flip cam and said blocker member adapted to selectively pivot said blocker member into and out of engagement with the end of the shift lever while the shift lever is in the Park detent position, a brake lever and associated brake pedal, and a spring for urging the brake lever from a pressed state to an undepressed state, a mechanical brake interlock mechanism comprising spring-loaded cable means operatively connected between said brake lever and said blocker member to prevent said blocker member from being pivoted away from said end of said shift lever until said brake pedal is depressed, said spring-loaded cable means including a disc rotatable by said brake lever, a spring connected at one end thereof to said blocker member and at the other end thereof to a pivotally mounted lever, and a cable connected between said pivotally mounted lever and said disc.
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