Patent ID: 9643715
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,G05G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A selector lever, comprising: a lever having a shaft pivotally disposed on a cross-shaft in the housing, wherein the shaft defines a shaft axis and wherein the lever has a top that is disposed outside of a housing; a movable shaft associated with the lever, the movable shaft being movable substantially axially along the shaft axis; a pin disposed adjacent to a bottom end of the movable shaft, wherein the pin comprises a first protrusion axially opposed to a second protrusion; a first detent plate disposed on a first side of the movable shaft, the first detent plate including at least a first slot therein for receiving the first protrusion; a second detent plate disposed on a second side of the moveable shaft, substantially parallel to the first detent plate, the second detent plate including at least a second slot therein for receiving the second protrusion; and a first failure detection slot within the at least a first slot of the first detent plate for receiving the first protrusion, wherein abutment of the second protrusion against the second detent plate blocks movement of the first protrusion into the first failure detection slot.