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US 9,032,830 B2Granted
Transmission shift selector assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDonald Morrissett
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to various shift selector assemblies having a shift gate with a plurality of indentations corresponding to transmission shift selections. At least one of the indentations is configured to have a flexible depth so as to selectively restrict and accept a pawl pin, thereby mitigating shift position overshoot.
Claims14
A transmission shift gate assembly, comprising:
- a shift gate having indentations corresponding to shift selections, each indentation having a different radial distance from a pivot;
- a spring-loaded retractable plunger linearly slidable in a radial direction to vary the distance from the pivot within only one of the indentations, said sliding producing a greater distance of the indentation from the pivot that admits a pawl pin into the indentation, and a lesser distance of the indentation that restricts the pawl pin from the indentation.
A transmission shift selector, comprising:
- a shift lever pivotable about a pivot;
- a shift gate having indentations, each indentation having a different distance from the pivot;
- a pawl pin that pivots with the shift lever and is selectively linearly movable relative to the shift lever;
- a spring-loaded retractable plunger linearly slidable in a radial direction to vary the distance from the pivot within only one of the indentations, said sliding producing a greater distance of the indentation from the pivot that admits the pivoting pawl pin into the indentation and a lesser distance of the indentation that restricts the pawl pin from the indentation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.