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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ; G05G / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74476 ; 7447 / ;
Abstract
An automatic latch for preventing inadvertent shifting of a manually controlled automotive transmission into reverse drive condition from a forward drive condition, includes a latch member which is moved into an operative blocking position upon the movement of a gear shift lever in one direction to engage a forward drive gear and which is moved out of its blocking position upon return of the gear shift lever to a neutral position, the latch, when in an operative position, blocking movement of the gear shift lever directly from engagement of said forward drive gear to engagement of a reverse drive gear.