Patent ID: 6082214
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A reverse gear involuntary articulation inhibitor device for external commands of an automobile speed gear, comprising:a bolt (11) mounted on a gear lever (10) and an inhibitor lock (21) secured to a lever articulation fixed structure, in which the bolt (11) supported on a tube (12), adapted to be moved axially along the gear lever (10), is adapted to be displaced for surpassing the inhibitor lock (21) and allowing the reverse gear to be shifted and in which the gear lever (10) is displaceable in a first, second and third shift plane (P1, P2, P3), characterized in that the inhibitor lock (21) is rotatably secured to said fixed structure (22) and is subjected to the action of an elastic means (23) which generates a force which biases the lock (21) to a set position, clear of the path traveled by the bolt (11) during the gear lever movement in the first and second shift planes (P1, P2) wherein the inhibitor lock (21) rotates about a rotation axis (a) located in a substantially parallel plane to the second shift plane (P2) and is oriented substantially orthogonally to said lever axis (10) when said lever is in its dead point central position.