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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Warwickshire, GB;

Inventors:

John Spooner, Coventry, GB;

Russell Osborn, Coventry, GB;

Steve Mullane, Coventry, GB;

Assignee:

JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Whitley, Coventry, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/18 (2006.01); F16H 59/04 (2006.01); F16H 61/22 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01); F16H 61/70 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/18 (2013.01); F16H 59/04 (2013.01); F16H 61/22 (2013.01); F16H 61/24 (2013.01); F16H 61/702 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0295 (2013.01); F16H 2061/242 (2013.01); F16H 2061/245 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gear selector comprising a gate pattern and a gear lever arranged to be moveable within the gate pattern, the gate pattern comprising: a high range gate sub-pattern comprising one or more high range gear planes for moving the gear lever into to select a high range gear; a low range gate sub-pattern comprising one or more low range gear planes for moving the gear lever into to select a low range gear; a neutral plane extending transversely with respect to the high and low range gear planes; and a force profile arranged to urge the gear lever when in the neutral plane toward a resting position in one of the one or more high range gear planes, the force profile comprising a first interference arranged to divide the high range gate sub-pattern from the low range gate sub-pattern, wherein the gear lever is moveable past the first interference from the high range gate sub-pattern to the low range gate sub-pattern when a first predefined action is performed by an operator moving the gear lever.


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