Patent ID: 11906044
Assignee: KUSTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. A gear seeking shifter, comprising:
a housing containing a shift lever with a rotatable base and fixed outer tube supporting an upwardly extending and depressible inner push rod;
a shaft supported cam component being driven by a gear seeking motor;
an upwardly biased gate pawl secured to said inner push rod into contact with any of a PRND shifter position gates configured along an opposing underside of said housing;
at least one detent cartridge containing a pawl supported within said rotatable base of said shift lever in biasing contact with a detent plate profile configured upon an opposing inside surface of said housing; and
said shaft supported cam component, upon being rotated by said gear seeking motor, including each of a first profile for retracting said gate pawl and a second profile for engaging and inwardly displacing said detent pawl away from contact with said detent plate profile and to permit said shaft supported cam component to rotate said shift lever to a desired gear position.