Patent ID: 9482289
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F16D,F16H

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: an input crank having first and second ends; a user handle connected to the first end of the input crank; a pivot shaft connected to the second end of the input crank; an output crank extending from the pivot shaft; a push-pull cable connected to the output crank; a transmission having an associated dog clutch; a rotatable input shaft connected to the dog clutch; a shift lever having a unitary flexible member extending between first and second ends, the shift lever operably coupled to the input shaft at the first end and to the push-pull cable at the second end; and wherein the push-pull cable is movable between first and second positions and the unitary flexible member transmits all torque load between the push-pull cable and the input shaft and the unitary flexible member elastically deforms through a predetermined angle corresponding to the first and second positions when the dog clutch is out of alignment.