Patent ID: 8893571

Claim:
A transmission shift assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising; an actuator disposed in the vehicle, a transmission having a shift position member movable along a path corresponding to a plurality of individual gear positions, each of said individual gear positions corresponding to a gear position portion of said path, each said gear position portion defining a gear position length and a valley at a center of said gear position portion toward which the shift position member is biased whenever said shift position member is within said gear position portion, a linkage coupled to said actuator and movable between a plurality of positions in response to movement of said actuator, said linkage defining at least one aperture, a cable having a first end coupled to said linkage and a second end coupled to said shift position member for transferring movement from said actuator to said shift position member, said first end of said cable being moveable relative to said linkage along an aperture path of said at least one aperture and having an aperture length that is less than said gear position length, a first position sensor and a second position sensor disposed about said first end of said cable such that movement of said cable relative to said linkage causes said first and said second sensor to monitor said movement of said shift position member within one of said individual gear positions for achieving a proper position of said linkage relative to said first end of said cable so that said first end of said cable is positioned near center portion when said shift position member is in said valley of one of said individual gear positions, and a controller communicating with said first and said second sensor for monitoring said first end of said cable when said shift position member is in said valley of each of said plurality of individual gear positions, wherein said first end of said cable is coupled to said at least one aperture such that movement of said cable in said aperture causes said first and said second sensor to monitor said movement of said shift position member within individual said gear positions for achieving a proper position of said shift position member in one of said individual gear positions, and said first and said second sensor are disposed in said aperture of said linkage.