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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Ficosa North America Corporation, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Jeffrey Lee Jones, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Vijay Thota, Troy, MI (US);
Javier Alvarez Rubio, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Ficosa North America Corporation, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A gear selector assembly includes a shift gate including a plurality of gates, a gear selector movable between the plurality of gates and including a pawl, and a gate blocker positioned to restrictively interact with the pawl of the gear selector to selectively restrict movement of the gear selector through a first gate to a second gate. The gate blocker includes a biasing member configured to bias the gate blocker towards a nominal position. The gate blocker is configured to not restrictively interact with the pawl to allow the gear selector to move from the first gate to the second gate when the gate blocker is in the nominal position. Each gate of the shift gate is associated with a mode of operation of a vehicle.