Patent ID: 6923084

Claim:
Device for increasing a selection force on a shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) pivotable around a pivot axis ( 8 a , 36 ) and also around a tilt axis ( 9 a , 34 ) aligned transversely to the pivot axis ( 8 a 36 ), the selection force upon pivoting movements of the shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) around the tilt axis ( 9 a , 34 ) being produced by at least one lever ( 24 , 38 ) movable against at least one spring ( 22 , 39 ) and a runoff roller ( 23 , 40 ) placed in operative connection with the lever ( 24 , 38 ), the device is integrated into a support arrangement ( 1 , 29 ) for pivotable support of the shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) by a casing ( 10 , 31 ) in a housing ( 3 ); wherein the support arrangement ( 1 , 29 ) supports the shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) pivotably with respect to the casing ( 10 , 31 ) around the pivot axis ( 8 a , 36 ) and also supports the shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) with the casing ( 10 , 31 ) pivotably with respect to the housing ( 3 ) around the tilt axis ( 9 a , 34 ) aligned transversely to the pivot axis ( 8 a , 36 ) the device is formed by two ramps ( 21 , 30 ) fixed to the casing and the runoff roller ( 23 , 40 ) is rotatably fastened to the lever ( 24 , 38 ); wherein the lever ( 24 , 38 ) is pivotable around a fulcrum ( 24 a , 38 a ) fixed to the housing ( 3 ) and is preloaded via the runoff roller ( 23 , 40 ) against the ramp ( 21 , 30 ) by the at least one spring ( 22 , 39 ) engaging the lever ( 24 , 38 ) at a point remote from the fulcrum ( 24 a , 38 a ); and wherein the ramp ( 21 , 30 ) pivots with the casing ( 10 , 31 ) around the tilt axis ( 9 a , 34 ) upon pivoting movements of the shift lever ( 2 , 35 ) and the runoff roller ( 23 , 40 ) supported on the housing ( 3 ) rolls on the ramp ( 21 , 30 ), and two of the levers are provided with a respective one of the levers ( 24 ) acting on a respective one of the ramps ( 21 ), the levers ( 24 ), having the casing ( 10 ) with the ramps ( 21 ) between them, are preloaded against each other by at least one tension spring ( 22 ); and the tension spring ( 22 ) is connected at a free end, remote from the fulcrum ( 24 a ), of each one of the levers ( 24 ).