Kongsberg Automotive Ab

Robert Fredriksson

Bengt Hermansson

Andreas Jonsson

A gear shifter assembly for a vehicle is described herein. The gear shifter assembly includes a base to be fixed in a vehicle, a shifter yoke mounted to the base by a main pivot shaft, a shift lever mounted to the shifter yoke by a pivotal bearing arranged to allow pivotal movements about a second pivotal axis perpendicular to the first pivotal axis, and an intermediate joint that provides the pivotal bearing of the shift lever. The intermediate joint is attached to the lower end of the shift lever by receiving select pivot pins projecting from the shift lever in recesses of the intermediate joint. The intermediate joint comprises opposite through holes aligned with an aperture in the shift lever for receiving the main pivot shaft. The intermediate joint is made of material having a lower modulus of elasticity than the materials of the shift lever and the shifter yoke.

Gear shifter assembly for a vehicle

A shifter assembly for selecting one of a plurality of gears of a transmission of a vehicle includes a housing having an index track for defining a first mode and a second mode. A shift lever is movably coupled to the housing and interfaces with the index track as the shift lever moves between the modes. A blocker coupled to the housing has a first engagement surface engageable by the shift lever when in the first mode to prevent the shift lever from entering the second mode with the blocker moving in a first direction when the shift lever abuts the first engagement surface. The blocker has a second engagement surface engaged by the shift lever when moving from the first mode to the second mode with the blocker moving in a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction when the shift lever abuts the second engagement surface.

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Jönköping, Sweden

Robert Fredriksson