Patent ID: 6212971
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A vibration isolated shift lever for a mechanical transmission of a vehicle, the shift lever comprising:a control lever having a handle portion and a base portion, the base portion defining a control lever axisa shift plate is rigidly attached to the base portion of the shift lever, the shift plate having three shift plate apertures that are circumferentially spaced about the control lever axis;a transmission lever defining a transmission lever axis;a transmission plate is rigidly attached to the transmission lever and is provided with three transmission plate apertures that are circumferentially spaced about the transmission lever axis, the control lever axis and the transmission lever axis being coaxial and the three shift plate apertures being lined up with the three transmission plate apertures;three mounting bolts extending through the lined up shift plate apertures and transmission plate apertures, each of the bolts is provided with a resilient bushing formed of a resilient material, the resilient bushings are positioned between the shift plate and the transmission plate with the resilient bushings extending into the three shift plate apertures and the three transmission plate apertures so that resilient material is positioned between the shift plate and the transmission plate and there is no direct contact between the shift plate and the transmission plate.