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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:
Jun. 26, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willy Beig, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ; H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74477 ; 74365 ; 7447 / ; 74475 ; 74476 ; 200 6188 ;
Abstract
A gear selector for a motor vehicle has a gear shift lever which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis to activate micro switches that select the desired gear ratio and is rotatable in the plane of its longitudinal axis about a pivot mounted to the steering column to activate micro switches for effecting forward or reverse movement of the vehicle. The gear selector contains a lockout device that prevents movement of the gear selector between the forward and reverse positions when the vehicle is operating in one of the higher gears.