Patent ID: 6439074
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering-column gearshift lever comprising, in combination:a tube comprised of a polymeric material and forming a conduit from an operative end to an attachment end; an electrical switch supported by the operative end of the tube; wires connected to the electrical switch and passing through the conduit from the operative end to the attachment end; wherein the tube has compound bends such that a central axis of the tube extends in more than one plane; wherein the tube includes a main portion extending a full length of the tube from the operative end to the attachment end and a cover portion extending along the compound bends such that the main portion and the cover portion cooperate to form the conduit; and wherein the cover portion extends for only a limited portion of a length of the tube main portion from a first intermediate point along the tube to a second intermediate point along the tube, the first and second intermediate points located between the operative end and the attachment end.