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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Ficosa North America Corporation, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Daniel Abad García, Granollers, ES;
Carlos López Rodríguez, Barcelona, ES;
FICOSA NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A shift lever assembly includes a shift lever, a folding device, and a fold interlock device. The shift lever is adapted to move between park and gear positions. The shift lever includes a base structure and an arm pivotally engaged to the base structure about a first axis. The folding device is adapted to pivotally move the arm with respect to the base structure about the first axis and between deployed and stowed states. The fold interlock device is adapted to move between locked and released positions, and includes a locking member adapted to abut the arm in a circumferential direction with respect to the first axis when in the locked position to prevent movement from the deployed state to the stowed state, and to circumferentially clear the arm when in the released position to enable actuation of the folding device from the deployed state to the stowed state.