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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757580 | Actuating device for a vehicle transmission An actuating device for vehicle transmissions, in particular of tracked vehicles or wheeled vehicles having a wheel-based steering system, for the remote shifting and emergency shifting of the vehicle transmission is disclosed. The actuating device has a signal tran... | 07/20/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7278950 | Stage-geared gearbox for motor vehicles A stage-geared gearbox for motor vehicles, includes an unsynchronized basic gearbox, at least one synchronized auxiliary gear and at least one control unit for controlling engagement and disengagement of the gears of the gearbox and also neutral position. In the gea... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7040190 | Laminated shift fork assembly A shift fork assembly having a shaft and a laminated fork welded to the shaft. The laminated fork includes a stamped range yoke and a backing plate that are brazed together. The range yoke includes a central lug segment that is retained in a mounting slot formed in ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6993994 | Gear input unit A blocking and releasing of actuating elements especially used in a manually shifted automatic transmission in vehicles for a manual gear input unit with a plurality of actuating elements, e.g., a selector lever and a button. A manual gear input unit (1) is s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966237 | First gear/reverse gate indicator switch The first gear/reverse gate switch of the present invention includes a detent switch including a contact pin and a contact switch. When a manual transmission is shifted to a gear not in the first gear/reverse gate, the contact pin of the detent switch engages a rece... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955102 | Transmission for working machines A transmission for working machines having a drive transmission mechanism and a working transmission mechanism which are operated by swinging a shift lever is provided. The transmission has a drive shift member for connecting the shift lever to the drive transmissio... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955101 | Gear engagement mechanisms Axially-movable first and second shift rails (70, 72) control engagement of one of a pair of gears (37, 32, 33, 34) coupled thereto. A first shift finger (102) rotates with a drive shaft (110) and is also pivotable thereto. A second shift... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6930594 | Electronically-active vehicle gear-shift knob An electronically-active vehicle gear-shift knob (10) consisting of a hand-grasping section (12), an electronics enclosure (44) that is attached to an upper edge (14) of the hand-grasping section (12), and an electronics control ci... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6892599 | Gear shift device for vehicles A gear shift device for vehicles with a mechanical, manually operable gearbox (9) for the vehicle (2). A gear level (1) is linked to the hydraulic master (55, 55′, 56, 56′) to respective slave cylinders (8, 18) for engagement o... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6851538 | Control unit gear or shift program selection of an automatic vehicle gearbox A control unit for the gear or shift program selection of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle is presented, which has a emergency release mechanism. With this a parking brake of the motor vehicle transmission can be released by an operating device that can ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6817263 | Transmission lever unit for vehicle and mounting structure of coil spring Disclosed are a transmission lever unit for vehicle comprising: a single transmission lever for operating the transmission unit; a first lever member swingable around a first pivot and having a second pivot; and a second lever member integrally attached to a base en... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6569058 | Linear motion shifter A linearly moveable gear selector system is provided for controlling operation of a vehicle drivetrain component. The gear selector system is coupled to a transmission and/or transfer case unit and is configured to shift the drivetrain component into a de... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6446521 | Tractor transmission A tractor transmission includes a change speed mechanism, a shift lever (30) for shifting the change speed mechanism, a super-reduction mechanism (16) for decelerating and outputting power inputted thereto, the super-reduction mechanism having a larger re... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6386061 | Selector device for the gearbox of a motor vehicle A shifting device of a motor vehicle transmission with a selector lever (3) and a kinematic elements (4-9) for transmitting the selection movements to the automatic transmission, wherein the selector lever can be moved in an automatic shift gate for selec... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6370980 | Motor vehicle gearbox A vehicle gearbox includes a basic gearbox with a main shaft that is an input shaft to a high-low range gearset joined to the basic gearbox. The basic gearbox has a control shaft, which, rotated in either direction from a neutral position, engages a selec... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6357315 | Differential lock and four wheel drive control arrangement An arrangement 1 for selectively actuating the four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means of a vehicle comprises a hand operable selector mounted a bracket 4, the bracket 4 including a pathway, the selector comprising a protrusion which co-op... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349609 | Two-lever shift mechanism for an internal-linkage transfer case An apparatus and method for converting an internal-linkage type of a transfer case from single lever to dual lever control includes a sleeve that is adapted for placement into a housing of the transfer case. A pivot pin is disposed in the sleeve and defin... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6260432 | Selecting device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A selecting device facilitates selecting operating positions of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle by the deflection of a selector lever which moves back automatically from all deflecting directions for selecting the individual operating positio... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6070486 | Gear type manual transmission and method of assembling the same A gear type manual transmission equipped with one or more synchronizing mechanisms employing generally U-shaped reverse shift forks consisting of two arms, each of which is pivotally supported at one arm by a first support secured to one of transmission s... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6047609 | Remote control mechanism A remote control mechanism is provided with a cam mechanism that allows an operator of a marine vessel or other type of apparatus to move a handle along a generally linear path to simultaneously select the gear selection and throttle selection for the mar... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5878624 | Single rail shift operator assembly A transfer case having a two-speed drive assembly includes a directly coupled shift operator with feedback. The shift operator includes an electric, pneumatic or hydraulic motor which directly, rotatably drives a shift rail. The shift rail includes thread... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5833578 | Electronically actuated auxiliary throttle control system An auxiliary throttle control arrangement is partially housed in and forms an integral part of a handle assembly for a gear shift lever. The actuator component of the control arrangement is in the shape and general configuration of a trigger. Together, th... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5803217 | Apparatus and method for controlling a damper clutch for a vehicle An apparatus and method for controlling a damper clutch for an automatic transmission of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a shift lever for shifting a transmission gear of the vehicle, a handle for moving the shift lever, a damper switch di... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5566582 | Selector mechanism for a vehicle transmission A selector mechanism for a vehicle transmission comprising an automatic transmission coupled to a range-change transmission having first and second ranges includes a ratio selector lever movable along three paths defined by an H-shaped gaze. The first pat... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5531133 | Shift lever assembly for transmission having turning inhibiting members Outermost fork shafts are provided adjacent to shift lugs thereof with arms which have free end faces opposing each other. The arms prevent the shift lugs from moving apart from their adjacent shift lug, thereby making it possible to prevent a control fin... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5217098 | Apparatus for integrating transmission control and brake control A transmission control system wherein a selector is movable between multiple positions to control the transmission, there also being brake structure having ON and OFF positions, and a valve unit to control application of pressurized fluid to the brake str... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216931 | Interlock mechanism for range section slave valve A fluid pressure actuated auxiliary transmission section (14) shift control system (230)/method is provided which includes control members (246, 328) to prevent auxiliary section synchronized clutch (92, 128) damage if the main transmission section (12) i... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5167164 | 2-wheel/4-wheel drive switching apparatus The rotational speed of a motor is reduced by a worm gear and a worm wheel and the reduced rotation is transferred to a first pinion gear. A first moving plate is moved along a pair of shafts. A second moving plate is provided for the first moving plate b... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5099720 | Control mechanism for an automatic gear-shifting transmission using turn signal control unit A control mechanism for an automatic transmission (1) of a motor vehicle including one electronic control unit (2) for determining the shift points for the change of gear. The latter results at least from the information from the vehicle speed (3) and the... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5033324 | Gear-changing console Gearshift console (2) with one gearshift lever (3) for shifting a gearbox (1) of group design, primarily for farm tractors, wherein the gears (G1 through G4) formed in the basic transmission (11) are shifted manually and mechanically in an H pattern and t... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4989473 | Shift assembly for shifting between drive positions in a four-wheel drive vehicle A shift assembly for shifting the gears of a transfer case of a vehicle as between two-wheel drive, four-wheel drive, neutral and four wheel drive range. A mounting plate rigidly mounted to the transfer case has a bottom configuration characterized by two... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4986142 | Control mechanism for compound transmission of transport vehicle A compound transmission for a transport vehicle which has a manually operated main gearbox and an auxiliary two-range gearbox tandemly connected therewith and having a high-gear range and low-gear range shifting by a servo actuator. A control mechanism of... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4974468 | Compound transmission and shift control therefor A compound transmission (10) comprising a main transmission section (12) connected in series with a range type multiple speed auxiliary drive train unit (14) having at least two selectable range type ratios, and a combined shift control unit (56) therefor... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4898045 | Control device for boat engine A control device for a boat engine, capable of controlling both clutch and throttle with a single lever. The control device has a supporting shaft installed within a housing. A clutch arm, an operating disk and a throttle arm are rotatably mounted on the ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4875563 | Shift lever activated parking brake A system for activating and de-activating a packing brake using only motion of the transmission gear shift lever. A mechanical linkage from the gear shift lever controlling the position of the cam. The cam in turn controls the position of a valve which ca... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4798099 | Control mechanism for operating a vehicle In order to more easily control movement of a vehicle such as a tractor, an operator's left hand can twist a directional actuating member or a juxtaposed speed actuating member about an outstanding axis. These actuating members are rotatably mounted on a ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4726258 | Dual transmission system and its power shift mechanism A transmission system including a main transmission and an auxiliary transmission. The main transmission includes at least two transmission trains of multiple gears mounted on respective parallel shafts so that the gears of different trains are selectivel... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4698048 | Variable speed tractor transmission and single lever control A drive mechanism for a small tractor combines a variable speed V-belt transmission with a forward-reverse gear transmission wherein both transmission are controlled by natural movement of a single control lever within a gate means. An optional second for... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688449 | Transmission control device A transmission control device for controlling the operation of a transmission which is composed of a main transmission portion and a sub transmission portion which is capable of manual change-over is disclosed. The control device inhibits the shifting ope... | 08/25/1987 |
