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

Claim 0:
1. A gear seeking shifter, comprising:
a housing containing a shift lever having a rotatable base and an extending tube;
a spring loaded inner push rod seated within said extending tube and including a gate pawl secured to said push rod which is biased into contact with any of PRND shifter position gates configured within said housing proximate an elongated track through which said shift lever extends;
a shaft supported cam component rotatably supported to said base and driven by a gear seeking motor;
at least one detent cartridge containing a detent pawl supported within said 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, displacing said detent pawl away from contact with said detent plate profile to permit said shaft supported cam component to rotate said shift lever between gear positions.