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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1978
John W Grant, Pekin, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A lock assembly (10) selectively moves and/or maintains a transmission shift control (11) at a neutral position for preventing inadvertent shifting of the transmission. A lever (13) of the transmission shift control (11) is movable in an arcuate pathway between forward and reverse drive positions and through a neutral position intermediate the forward and reverse drive positions. A crank (23) has first and second lever engaging portions (28,29) on a member (27) which is rotatable between a first position at which the lever (13) is free to move between the first and second positions and a second position at which the lever engaging portions (28,29) engage and maintain the lever (13) at the neutral position.
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