Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
074473230 | Separate actuator to disengage restrictor | 14 |
20080314186 | Shifter Lever Knob Adapter and Kit Including Same - A multi-component adapter, available in a kit, which permits the use of “non-button” knobs on existing shifter levers which are originally intended to be operative only in combination with a button-containing knob. In one embodiment, the present multi-part adapter comprises a generally hollow cylindrical body member adapted to be mounted on the outboard distal end of an existing shifter lever without modification of the shifter lever, a hollow internally threaded cylindrical sleeve threadably mounted on the outboard distal end of the shifter lever and slidably received with a bore in a first end of the body member functioning to affix the body member to the outboard distal end of the shifter while providing for limited linear movement of the body member relative to the shifter lever, and an externally threaded nipple adapted to be received within a bore in a second end of the body member and further adapted to mount a non-button type knob on the outboard end of the body member. | 12-25-2008 |
20090255361 | Electric power tool - An electric power tool includes a motor, a speed reducer unit arranged to deliver the rotational power of the motor and provided with gears, a housing arranged to accommodate the motor and the speed reducer unit, and a speed changing unit for changing a gear reduction ratio of the speed reducer unit. The speed changing unit is arranged in such a position as to be operable outside the housing. The speed changing unit includes an operation lever slidingly operable in a speed changing direction when pushed, an operation detector unit for detecting the operation lever to control electric power supplied to the motor, a shift unit for changing the gear reduction ratio of the speed reducer unit in response to sliding movement of the operation lever, and a slide restraint unit for restraining the sliding operation of the operation lever until the operation detector unit detects the operation lever. | 10-15-2009 |
20090320634 | ELECTRIC SHIFTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electric shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a gate channel, and a detent device. The detent device has a spring-loaded pin and a detent contour cooperating therewith. The detent contour includes first and second paths and a connection path therebetween. The detent contour is movable relative to the channel between a first position in which the first path is aligned with the channel and a second position in which the second path is aligned with the channel. The lever is connected to the pin such that the lever is movable within the channel along the first path when the detent contour is in the first position and within the channel along the second path when the detent contour is in the second position and such that the lever is movable along the connection path between the paths when the detent contour moves between the positions. | 12-31-2009 |
20100050804 | Shift lever assembly and assembling method of shift lever assembly - A shift lever assembly includes a shift lever for shifting a gear position of a transmission, an operated member housed within the shift lever slidably along a longitudinal direction, a shift knob provided at a top of the shift lever for being held by a driver, a knob button coupled with the shift knob for shifting the operated member according to an operation thereof and pivotally supported between a temporarily-held position and an operative position, a cam plate integrally formed on an inside of the knob button, a cam pin provided on the operated member and cooperative with the cam plate, and a boss for holding the knob button at the temporarily-held position by contacting with the cam plate while assembling. The shift lever assembly can have a relatively simple structure and can decrease the number of components. In addition, the shift lever assembly can also improve assembling workability. | 03-04-2010 |
20100107800 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A shifting device for an automatic transmission including a locking mechanism which can be moved at least between a locked state and a released state, comprises a release button for changing the state of the locking mechanism, prevents the gear-shift lever from being moved at least into the Park and Reverse positions and at least out of the Park position in a locked state, and allows the gear-shift lever to be moved at least between the positions Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive in a release state. The locking mechanism can be converted to a partially released state, in which the gear-shift lever can be moved into and out of the Reverse position, whereas the movement of the gear-shift lever into the Park position remains blocked. | 05-06-2010 |
20110030494 | DEVICE FOR EMERGENCY RELEASE OF AN OUTOMOTIVE PARKING INTERLOCK - The mechanism for emergency release of a parking lock of an automatic transmission. The mechanism comprises and is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, with the selector shaft ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110308346 | GEARSHIFT LEVER FOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A gearshift lever for switching a gear range of a vehicle transmission includes a lever body, which accommodates a detent rod, and an operation unit, which is arranged on the lever body. The operation unit is pushed to disengage the detent rod from a detent receptacle formed in a base plate and cancel pivoting restriction of the lever body. The operation unit includes an inclined surface on which the detent rod slides. The inclined surface moves the detent rod in a direction in which the detent rod disengages from the detent receptacle when the operation unit is pushed. The operation unit also includes a coil spring, which biases the operation unit in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the operation unit is pushed to hold the detent rod in contact with the inclined surface, and a mount, which positions the coil spring. | 12-22-2011 |
20140116176 | SHIFT LEVER FOR A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a shift lever for a vehicle transmission, which includes a rod provided in a mounting space to move linearly and having an upper part having an upper inclined surface and successive engaging grooves. An engaging protrusion is provided on an inner wall of a support section such that, when the rod moves, the engaging protrusion is engaged with one of the engaging grooves to afford a brisk, clear operation action when changing gears. A button is provided such that one end thereof extends to the inclined surface of the upper part of the rod, and another end thereof is exposed to the outside to enable that end to be pressed down to push the rod down. | 05-01-2014 |
20140137684 | BUTTON STRUCTURE OF SHIFT KNOB - Provided is a button structure of a shift knob for use with a shift lever in which a rod is provided. The shift knob comprises: a button capable of being pushed to allow the rod to be moved downwardly from a lock position to a lock release position; a pinion gear provided in coaxial relation to a pivot shaft of the button; and a rack meshed with the pinion gear. The button structure moves the rod to a shift-lock release position, interlockingly with a downward movement of the rack caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear in a forward direction, according to a pushing operation of the button, and moves the rod to a shift-lock position, interlockingly with an upward movement of the rack caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear in a reverse direction, according to a push-mode releasing operation of the button. | 05-22-2014 |
20140318297 | TRANSMISSION EMERGENCY RELEASE - A transmission emergency release for an automatic transmission which is mechanically blocked when a parking mode is engaged, includes a manually operable actuating element for the mechanical deactivation of the parking mode, wherein the actuating element has a vehicle-fixed mount ( | 10-30-2014 |
20160123460 | Shifting Device - The present invention aims to provide a shifting device with a simplified structure, which is easily reduced in size and insusceptible to temperature change. A shifting device | 05-05-2016 |
20160138704 | SHIFT DEVICE - In a shift device, a shift locking mechanism drives a motor to perform locking and locking release of rotation of a knob, and an autocorrect mechanism drives the motor to change a shift position of the knob to a P position. Thus, driving of the common motor enables locking and locking release of the rotation of the knob to be performed, and enables a shift position of the knob to be changed to the P position, thereby enabling a simple configuration. | 05-19-2016 |
20160178051 | SHIFT LEVER OF AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION | 06-23-2016 |
20190145514 | AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION | 05-16-2019 |