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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113082 | External gear shift for a manual transmission An external gear shift for the gear selection in a manual transmission is provided that includes, but is not limited to a gearshift/selector lever, which is guided in a link plate and which is movable along a selector track and a plurality of shifting tracks, and a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113081 | Universal shifter system for a vehicle A universal shifter system that is adaptable to any of a variety of locations in a vehicle has a shift assembly with a frame supporting a shaft for rotation about a primary axis. An end of the shaft is exposed axially through the frame for circumferentially indexed ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104371 | Dial control device The present invention aims to provide a dial control device having a maneuverability of a control knob improved by making this in cylindrical shape and downsized by disposing another control knob installed within the first-mentioned cylindrical control knob. A dial ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7900534 | Shifter for vehicle transmission A shifter for a vehicle transmission has a lever with a base end. A holder holds the base end of the lever rotatably in first and second perpendicular directions. A shaft is coupled to the base end of the lever. A shift-cable connection has a shaft insertion hole an... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7654169 | Shift lever In a shift lever, when a button of a knob is pressed, a link member is pivoted, and a detent rod is moved down. Further, impact sound or the like is restrained or prevented from being emitted by bringing the link member into contact with a contact member and elastic... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621196 | Shift lever device A shift lever device has resin pieces, and a resin outer tube which is formed at an outer side of a shift lever main body. The resin pieces and the resin outer tube can be molded separately. Therefore, the resin pieces independently can be molded with high precision... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7571663 | Rotary shifter A rotary shifting device is provided for use with an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. The rotary shifter device includes a rotary shifter handle that is a flat disc. A cavity is located in the center of the lower side. A positioning probe extends from the ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571662 | Selector mechanism for a motor vehicle transmission A rotatable selector mechanism for a motor vehicle transmission has a selector knob rotatable in a housing to select an operating mode of the transmission among a number of selector positions indicated by a label (P,R,N,D,M). The selector mechanism further includes ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7464621 | Longitudinally displaced shifter A shifter apparatus for a manual transmission constructed and arranged for variable longitudinal displacement along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The instant invention provides a shifter body assembly that is flexibly coupled at a first end to the vehi... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7430940 | Shift lever device A shift lever device which includes: a shift lever turnably fitted on a stationary member; an engaging member for engagement of the shift lever with the stationary member; and a knob fitted on the shift lever. The engaging member is moved toward its distal end to di... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7393304 | Shifter with gear position indicator A shifter for controlling a vehicle transmission includes a base and a shift lever movably mounted to the base for movement between a plurality of gear positions. At least one of the gear positions comprises a PARK/NEUTRAL position having a PARK and a NEUTRAL contro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387044 | Shift lever assembly A shift lever assembly includes a cross-car-beam. The assembly includes a shift lever supported by the cross-car-beam. The assembly includes a fitting fixing the shift lever to the cross-car-beam. The fitting includes a base for inserting the shift lever therein. Th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363836 | Shift lever apparatus A shift lever apparatus includes a base member, a shift lever, and one or more planar four-bar linkage mechanisms supporting the shift lever so as to be movable relative to the base member. The four-bar linkage mechanism includes four link elements including a base-... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363832 | Transmission system for scooters A transmission system for a scooter has a gear train assembly and a gear shifting mechanism. The gear train assembly has an input shaft, which is provided with an integral gear, an intermediate shaft, an output shaft, an input fork, an intermediate fork, an output f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360469 | Shift lever A shift lever includes: a knob having a opening, which is mounted on the distal end of the lever main body; a moving body, movably arranged in the interior of the lever main body with one end protruding from the opening thereof and is placed in the interior of the k... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357050 | Lever apparatus for vehicles In the lever apparatus, a cover part (19) including a spherical-shaped outer surface and two thickness-reducing recessed portions (18) formed on the inner surface side thereof is disposed on the base end portion of a lever upper (12) and fitting... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350432 | Gearbox comprising an electromechanical actuator A transmission (8) for a motor vehicle (2) with a housing (26) and a shifting apparatus arranged therein and with an electromechanical transmission actuator (24) with a first electric motor (32) for exercising a selection motion of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334496 | Gearshift device for controlling the gear selection of a motor vehicle gearbox A shifting device is provided for controlling the gear selection of a motor vehicle transmission with a housing, with a gearshift lever, which is arranged within a recess of the housing and can be pivoted in at least one vertical plane. A cover plate follows the piv... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322457 | Shifting device for the mechanical coupling-free transmission of shift commands to the automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A shifting device (1) for the mechanical coupling-free transmission of shift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle (shift-by-wire shifting), with at least one housing and/or one frame and one selector lever for the manual selection of shift... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318360 | Gear shift lever operating mechanism A handling mechanism of a gearshift which enable to shift endlessly into neutral, first-speed, second-speed, third-speed, fourth-speed, fifth-speed, neutral, first-speed, second-speed, third-speed, fourth-speed, fifth-speed for example can be used for the wire-typed... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311015 | Multi-step manual transmission for an internal combustion engine A multistage transmission for an internal combustion engine has a disconnect-type clutch, a drive shaft and a driven shift on which engaged gear wheels are arranged to achieve different gear steps. Clutches actuated via shift forks are used to move the speed gears t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305903 | Bicycle shift operating device A bicycle shift operating device comprises a bicycle mounting member, a shift operating member, a take-up member, a positioning member, a first retaining mechanism and a second retaining mechanism. The shift operating member is rotatably coupled to the mounting memb... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296490 | Switch assembly for selecting among plurality of shift schedules on an electronically controlled transmission An electrical switch assembly is provided for an electronically controlled transmission that allows user selection between a plurality of shift schedules for the transmission. The switch assembly provides a signal for selecting among the plurality of shift schedules... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7272988 | Shift knob A shift knob (1) for a gearshift lever (3) of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle has a locking bar (5) guided axially in the gearshift lever (3) and a release button (2) which can be actuated manually for actuating the lo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240772 | Embedding typed handbrake operating device An embedding typed handbrake operating device is disclosed herein, which mainly contains a positioning seat to which an operating lever is pin-joined. A stopping ring, a spring, and a locking seat are sequentially joined to the positioning seat through a locking bol... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237451 | Gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox A gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox, including a gear-changing lever which is pivotable arranged with respect to a support part about a bolt. The bolt is held in an axially nondisplaceable manner with respect to the support part. In order to provide a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225701 | Locking device having an actuating lever for an adjustable steering column A locking device has an actuating lever for an adjustable steering column in a vehicle. The locking device is provided between a mounting fixed on the vehicle and a casing tube. The casing tube surrounds the steering column and can be adjusted relative to the mounti... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7194928 | Bicycle shift operating device A bicycle shift operating device is basically provided with a first operating member, a second operating member, a shift wire take-up element and a wire winding/release mechanism. The second operating member is operatively coupled to the first operating member to mo... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174801 | Automatic transmission for vehicle In an automatic transmission apparatus (10) for a vehicle provided with a shift lever (20) manually changing a position of an automatic transmission (50), a torque detector (30) for detecting a changing operation force of the shift lever,... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171727 | Method and apparatus for appliance control and status display A method and apparatus for an appliance control knob incorporating a microprocessor and a status display built into the control knob housing. Such a control knob gives the appliance a clean and uncluttered appearance, and allows a user of the appliance both to contr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162436 | System and method for pairing providers with consumers of online goods and services A method and system is provided that operates as an intelligent intermediary between online consumers and providers of goods and services. The system operates to receive a request initiated by a consumer and transmitted over a global communication network (e.g., the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148438 | Toggle action lever A lever mounted on a support for pivotal movement between two end positions is acted upon by a toggle spring connected at its opposite ends to the lever and the support to bias the lever away from a centre position of unstable equilibrium towards its two end positio... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143857 | Vehicle drive system operation apparatus and vehicle drive control system A drive system operation apparatus that is easy to operate and improves the level of security in a vehicle. A gearshift operator and an engine switch are located near each other. A cover covers the gearshift operator and the engine switch. The cover is opened when p... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128011 | Remote tiller controller A remote tiller control system includes a drive unit mounted to the tiller. The drive unit is adapted to move the tiller back and forth when selectively powered. A handheld remote control transmitter unit is provided to remotely control the drive unit and thus the p... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107868 | Transmission operating apparatus for vehicle A transmission operating apparatus A mainly includes: a forward/backward direction sensor 3 which detects positions of a shift lever 1 manipulated by the driver; an operation mode selecting switch 7 which selects one of two operation modes to be... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104150 | Shift position detection apparatus for variable speed gear A shift position detection apparatus for a variable speed gear wherein a shift shaft is moved in an axial direction to perform a speed changing operation. A variable speed gear includes a clutch sleeve disposed for movement in an axial direction on a counter shaft w... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100470 | Gear change device A gear change device including a shift lever support mechanism arranged in a casing to support a shift lever so as to slide in the axial direction of the casing and to rotate, a select actuator for operating the shift lever support mechanism to slide the shift lever... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077432 | Steering column assembly having break-away device The steering column assembly includes a housing having a longitudinal axis, a support member supported by the housing for movement about a shift axis, and a shift lever operatively connected to the support member and extending radially from the shift axis for shifti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070535 | Shift mechanism for a manual planetary transmission A plurality of shift rails are manipulated by a manual control rod to selectively actuate one or more synchronizer mechanisms. The control rod is moved angularly and linearly during ratio selection. Each synchronizer mechanism may control two or more drive ratios in... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028574 | Sled system for mounting parking brake and shift assemblies A sled system for mounting a parking brake hand lever assembly and a gear shift assembly to a vehicle floor pan, the sled system having a predetermined configuration to mount on a vehicle floor pan. ... | 04/18/2006 |
