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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Emad Al-Regib, Westland, MI (US);
Todd Curtis Spaulding, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Craig Matthew Renneker, Northville, MI (US);
Bryant L. Poynter, Redford, MI (US);
Susan Wyatt, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An override mechanism for a shift-by-wire transmission includes a housing having a first pin aperture and a shaft extending into the housing. The override mechanism further includes a reel plate having a second pin aperture. The reel plate is rotatably fixed to the shaft and rotatable within the housing. The override mechanism further includes a spring biasing the reel plate to a first angular position, and a pull-pin removably disposable within the first and second pin apertures to retain the reel plate in a second angular position.