Patent ID: 6622583
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shifter system comprising, in combination:a first shifter lever movable along a first shift path in forward and rearward directions and in lateral directions substantially perpendicular to the forward and rearward directions; a second shifter lever movable along a second shift path in forward and rearward directions; wherein the second shift path is laterally adjacent the first shift path; an interlock mechanism including a blocker movable between a locking position wherein the blocker prevents movement of the second shifter lever to a first portion of the second shift path from a second portion of the second shift path and an unlocking position wherein the blocker permits movement of the second shifter lever to the first portion from the second shift path from the second portion of the second shift path; wherein the blocker moves to the locking position when the first shifter lever is laterally moved toward the second shift path and moves to the unlocking position when the first shifter lever is laterally moved away from the second shift path; and wherein said blocker pivots between the locking position and the unlocking position.