公开(公告)号：US6082286A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-04

申请号：US123122

申请日：1998-07-27

申请人： Miklos A. Kovach ,  Jeffrey S. Jakus ,  Robert W. Roossien

发明人： Miklos A. Kovach ,  Jeffrey S. Jakus ,  Robert W. Roossien

IPC分类号： F16H63/42 ,  G05G1/015 ,  G05G1/28

CPC分类号： G05G1/015 ,  F16H63/42 ,  F16H2063/423 ,  Y10S116/20 ,  Y10T74/2093

摘要： A shifter for shifting a transmission between a plurality of gear positions includes a base having a stationary member with indicia corresponding to the gear positions, a shift lever operably supported on the base for movement between the gear positions, and an improved position indicator adapted to better highlight limited portions of the indicia to indicate the selected gear position of the shift lever. The position indicator includes a support member configured to move with the shift lever that includes a window positioned to allow light to pass therethrough to visibly luminate parts of the indicia corresponding to the selected gear positions as the shift lever is moved between the plurality of gear positions. The position indicator further includes a flag spaced above and aligned with the window, and still further includes a bowed resilient strip on the support member biasing the flag into engagement with a bottom of the stationary member as the shift lever is moved between the gear positions, the bowed resilient strip providing a constant force of engagement despite dimensional variations between the support member and the indicia.

摘要翻译： 用于在多个档位之间移动变速器的换档器包括具有固定构件的基座，其具有对应于档位的标记，可操作地支撑在基座上用于在档位之间运动的变速杆和改进的位置指示器， 突出标记的有限部分以指示换档杆的选定档位。 所述位置指示器包括支撑构件，所述支撑构件配置成与所述变速杆一起移动，所述变速杆包括定位成允许光通过的窗口，以在所述变速杆在所述多个档位之间移动时可见地发射对应于所选择的档位的所述标记的部分 。 所述位置指示器还包括在所述窗口之上并与所述窗口对准的标记，并且还包括所述支撑构件上的弓形弹性条，当所述变速杆在所述档位之间移动时，所述弯曲弹性带偏置所述标志与所述固定构件的底部接合， 弓形弹性带提供恒定的接合力，尽管支撑构件和标记之间存在尺寸变化。