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

Claim 17:
18. A gear seeking shifter, comprising:
a housing against which is pivotally secured a shift lever, the shift lever having a rotatable wedge shaped base and an extending outer tube supporting a displaceable push rod;
a shaft supported cam component being driven by a gear seeking motor;
a gate pawl secured to said inner displaceable rod and biased into contact with any of a PRND shifter position gates configured within 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.