International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

Matthew W Hormann

Brian P Marshall

John F Rotz

Kurt A Ringger

Ronald L Blanchard

John Jacob

Mark A Thurber

Mary Mc Wesler

Daniel L Hilaire

Michael L Shoemaker

William E Copeland

Christopher M Beiring

Barry J Coe

Kimberly D Foster

Charles D Elliot

Shawn E Beverly

A steering wheel () that has an axis of turning () axis for steering a motor vehicle that has an engine, a drivetrain, a transmission that provides different gear ratios for coupling the engine to the drivetrain, and a transmission controller that in an automatic mode automatically shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to changing vehicle torque requirements and in a manual mode shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to manual actuation of a shift command device. A module () contains both the shift command device () and a mode selection device () for selecting between the automatic and manual modes.

Steering wheel mounting for transmission shift controls

The invention provides an apparatus for installation on a vehicle having an automatic transmission , a gear select lever, an engine, and an engine cranking motor, which allows operation of an auxiliary system by the engine when the automatic transmission is in neutral regardless of the position of the automatic transmission gear select lever and cranking of the engine when the gear select lever for the automatic transmission is positioned at neutral.

Apparatus for enabling truck power take off functionality during auto neutral

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Matthew W Hormann