Patent ID: 7597649

Claim:
An automatic transmission shifter assembly comprising: a shift lever support configured for attachment to a vehicle, the shift lever support comprising a unitary molded plastic housing component; a shift lever mounted to the unitary molded plastic housing component to shift between a plurality of gear shift positions including at least, in any order, PARK, NEUTRAL and DRIVE positions; a brake transmission system interlock (BTSI) mounted to the unitary molded plastic housing component and comprising a powered actuator and a shift lever control member controllable by actuation of the powered actuator to apply force to control the portion of the shift lever control member in at least one of the positions including at least a shift lever block position in which the shift lever control member is positioned to block the shift lever from moving out of the PARK position, and a shift lever unblock position in which the shift lever control member is not positioned to block the shift lever from moving out of the PARK position; an electronic ignition switch mounted to the unitary molded plastic housing component and having conditions including at least an IGNITION condition corresponding to ignition of a vehicle's power system, and a NON-IGNITION condition; an ignition actuator mounted to the unitary molded plastic housing component and operative to control the condition of the electronic ignition switch, the ignition actuator having actuator conditions including at least an actuator IGNITION condition corresponding to the IGNITION condition of the electronic ignition switch, and an actuator NON-IGNITION condition corresponding to the NON-IGNITION condition of the electronic ignition switch; and an ignition key interlock mounted to the unitary molded plastic housing component and comprising an interlock member controllable by the ignition actuator to move between at least: a block position in which the interlock member is positioned to block the shift lever control member from the shift lever unblock position, and an unblock position in which the interlock member is positioned not to block the shift lever control member from the shift lever unblock position.