F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – H
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
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F16H 63/32 (2006.01) F16H 59/04 (2006.01) G05G 5/05 (2006.01) G05G 9/047 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2140222
A shifter for a manual transmission of a vehicle includes a shift stick configured to operably engage the transmission, and a base adapted for mounting to the vehicle and configured to pivotally support the shift stick for movement about first and second orthogonal axes. In particular, a trunnion is pivotally mounted to the base for movement about the first axis, and the shift stick is configured to pivotally engage the trunnion for movement about the second axis, the shift stick being configured to move with the trunnion as a unit when pivoted about the first axis. A plate spring is compressively mounted on the base and the trunnion is configured to operably engage the spring so that the spring biases the trunnion and shift stick to a neutral position about the first axis but so that the spring does not bias the shift stick when pivoted about the second axis. The trunnion is configured so that the second axis is located closer to the transmission than the first axis so that the shift stick provides more mechanical advantage when shifting about the second axis than the first axis.
Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Grand Haven Stamped Products Company Division Of Jsj Corporation
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