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US 7,117,760 B2Granted
Support arrangement for pivotable support of a shift lever
AssigneeINA-Schaeffler KG
InventorsKlaus Krämer, Susanne Pintus
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Abstract
A bearing arrangement (1) for pivotable mounting of a shift lever (2) by a casing (10) in a housing (3) that provides a tilt axis (9a) and a pivot axis (8a) for the shift lever (2). The tilt axis (9a) and the pivot axis (8a) are mutually spaced apart.
Claims27
Support arrangement (1, 29) for pivotable mounting of a shift lever (2, 35) by a casing (10, 31) in a housing (3);
- wherein the support arrangement (1, 29) supports the shift lever (2, 35) in the casing (10, 31) pivotably with respect to the casing (10, 31) around a pivot axis (8a, 36)
- and also supports the shift lever (2, 35) with the casing (10, 31) pivotably with respect to the housing (3) around a tilt axis (9a, 34) aligned transversely of the pivot axis (8a, 36);
- and wherein the shift lever (2, 35) has at a free end a shift finger (2a), pivotable around the tilt axis (9a, 34) and also the pivot axis (8a, 36),
- wherein the tilt axis (9a, 34) and the pivot axis (8a, 36) are mutually spaced apart
- wherein the support arrangement (1, 29) has on the casing (10, 31) at least one slotted hole (11);
- the slotted hole (11) extends in a pivoting direction of the shift lever (2, 25) pivotable around the pivot axis (8a, 36);
- and wherein a stop (11a) protruding from the shift lever (2, 35) engages in the slotted hole (11);
- wherein the stop (11a) is spaced apart from the pivot axis (9a, 36);
- and wherein the stop (11a) in the slotted hole (11) limits a pivoting angle of the shift lever (2, 35) pivoting around the pivot axis (8a, 36);
- and wherein at least one first selector shaft (4, 5, 6, 7) and a second selector shaft (4, 5, 6, 7) are allocated to the shift finger (2a, 35), the shift finger (2a) pivoted around the tilt axis (9a, 34) positively engages, movable selectively, in one of the selector shafts (4, 5, 6, 7) and wherein the selector shaft (4, 5, 6, 7) in which the shift finger (2a) engages is longitudinally displaceable in at last one direction by the shift finger (2a) pivoting around the pivot axis (8a, 36).
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