Manual gear shifter assembly

A manual gear shifter assembly for use with a transmission of a vehicle, the transmission having a plurality of gears, said assembly comprising:

• a shifter housing;
• a shift lever pivotally mounted to said shifter housing with said shift lever displaceable in a select direction to move between at least a first shift gate and a second shift gate, and displaceable to move in at least a first shift direction and a second shift direction for shifting the gears of the transmission;
• a shift cable coupled to said shift lever and for coupling to the transmission for selectively shifting the gears;
• a blocker pivotally mounted in said shifter housing for pivotal movement between engaged and dis-engaged positions;
• a solenoid disposed in said shifter housing and cooperating with said blocker to pivot said blocker transverse to said displacement of said shift lever into said engaged position to physically block said displacement of said shift lever into a predetermined gear for inhibiting shifting of the transmission during a predetermined condition, and to pivot said blocker transverse to said displacement of said shift lever into said dis-engaged position spaced from said shift lever to physically allow said displacement of said shift lever into the one of said first and second shift directions for allowing shifting of the transmission into the predetermined gear in the absence of the predetermined condition;
• and
• a solenoid cassette disposed in said shifter housing and having a cavity to receive said solenoid and including a base and a plurality of walls extending upwardly from said base, wherein one of said walls facing a side of said blocker which is opposite a side of said blocker which engages said shift lever to abut said blocker if said shift lever is forcefully displaced towards said blocked position to reduce mechanical stress on said blocker.