Patent ID: 7614319
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for controlling gear positions in a car, comprising: a console having a wall, and one or more sensors arranged in connection to said wall; a gear lever constructed to move back and forth in a first and second principal direction essentially perpendicular to each other; a code device constructed to interact with said one or more sensors, wherein the code device is connected to the gear lever so that the code device moves in a first direction of movement upon motion of the gear lever in said first principal direction, and in a second direction of movement upon motion of the gear lever in said second principal direction, wherein the code device is pivotably secured adjacent to the gear lever; means for biasing the code device in a direction toward said console wall; and means for making the motion of the code device in the first direction of movement identical regardless of whether the gear lever is guided forward or backward in its first principal direction, when the gear lever is provided in a first position or a second position in its second principal direction of movement, the means comprising an arm, wherein the code device is pivotably secured, and in which the arm, in turn, is pivotably secured about an axis, wherein the arm, by means of a mechanism involving a cam and a cam follower, is actuated to follow a cam curve upon motion of the gear lever in the first principal direction.