Patent ID: 8113081
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A universal shifter system is adaptable to any of a variety of locations in a vehicle and is thus capable of connecting with any respective one of a variety of shift levers, any respective one of a variety of shift cables and a start device located in any of a variety of remote locations, the universal shifter system comprising: a frame; a shaft supported rotatably by said frame along a first axis, said shaft having a distal end that is indexed circumferentially and exposed through said frame; a shifter mechanism supported by the frame and connected operatively to said shaft; a flexible park lock cable having a base end portion connected operatively to said shifter mechanism and a distal end portion for connection to the start device; a boss sleeve fixed rigidly to said frame and projecting outward along a second axis that traverses said first axis; a removable cam actuator projecting radially outward from and indexed circumferentially to said distal end for rotation about said first axis; a cam member engaged to said boss for rotation about said second axis; and said cam member being cammed to said cam actuator.