Patent ID: 6295886
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A transmission shifter comprising, in combination:a base having a detent surface provided with a series of detents;a cable actuator;a shifter lever operatively connected to the base, for controlling the transmission of a motor vehicle in both an automatic mode and a manual mode, movable along a first gear shift gate in automatic mode and a second gear shift gate in manual mode with the shift gates connected by a connecting gate; anda pawl mounted on the cable actuator, movable between an engaged position where the pawl engages the detent surface to a disengaged position where the pawl is free of the detent surface;wherein as the shifter lever moves along the first gear shift gate the cable actuator moves with the shifter lever, and the shifter lever moves independent of the cable actuator when the shifter lever moves along the second gear shift gate.