Patent ID: 9506557
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A shifter assembly for a manual transmission, comprising: a shifter housing adapted to be positioned remote from the manual transmission in an interior of a vehicle; a shift lever pivotably supported relative to the housing, the shift lever including a shift plane select member and a gear engagement member each adapted to be operably coupled to the manual transmission, the shift plane select member adapted to, upon movement of the shift lever in a first direction to a first and second gear shift plane, move to a shift plane position to facilitate the transmission shifting into first or second gear, and the gear engagement member adapted to, upon movement of the shift lever in a second direction along the first and second gear shift plane to a first gear position, shift the transmission into first gear; and a gear blackout positioned within the shifter housing, the gear blockout configured to be selectively actuated to (i) block movement of the shift plane select member to the shift plane position thereby preventing the manual transmission from being shifted into first and second gears, and (ii) block movement of the gear engagement member to the first gear position thereby preventing the manual transmission from being shifted into first gear.