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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Ghsp, Inc., Grand Haven, MI (US);
John Thomas Bagley, Grand Haven, MI (US);
GHSP, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A selector apparatus comprises a shift lever operably supported on a base for movement between gear positions, and a feel positioner mechanism with offset detent members, where a first detent engages first undulations for biasing the shift lever toward a center of a selected gear position from a first direction, and a second detent engages second undulations for biasing the selector lever toward the center of the selected gear position from a different second direction to the common center point. By the arrangement, the first and second undulations define opposing angled slopes toward the common center point. This allows the undulations to be designed to provide any desired level of biasing force toward the center point without the limitations of a single undulation defining the center point.