Kongsberg Power Products Systems I, Inc.

Ka Group Ag

Kenichi Miyagi

Christopher Glenn Turney

Timothy Clayton Smith

Carlos Jose Pena

A lever assembly () has a lever () mounted to a lever housing (), a plunger (), an auto-return housing () pivotable relative to the lever housing (), a trigger mechanism () movable relative to the auto-return housing (), and a yoke member () pivotable relative to the auto-return housing () independent of the auto-return housing. The trigger mechanism () is movable to an extended position in response to movement of the plunger () for engaging a cam element () of the steering column () for auto-return of the lever to a rest position. The yoke member () interacts with the plunger () when the plunger () pivots with the lever () to cause the yoke () to pivot toward an engaged position, and the yoke () interacts with the trigger mechanism () when the yoke () is pivoted to move the trigger mechanism () toward the extended position.

Lever assembly for a steering column of a vehicle

A shifter assembly selects a first mode and a second mode of a transmission for a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a housing and a shift lever movably coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing. The shift lever includes a body and a cap defining an aperture and being coupled to the body. The cap is rotatable relative to the body between a first and a second orientations. The shift lever further includes a toggle device partially received by the cap in the aperture with at least a portion of the toggle device being moveably coupled to the body between a rest and a depressed positions. The shift lever further includes an element mounted to the toggle device and rotatable with the cap between the first and the second orientations. The shift lever further includes a sensor system configured to interact with the element to detect rotation of the cap between the first and the second orientations.

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Kenichi Miyagi