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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:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1990
John J Berndtson, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Saturn Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a shift fork (10) for a vehicular transmission. The shift fork (10) utilizes a hub portion (12) from which an offset arm (16) extends radially outwardly to terminate in an outer end portion (18). One or more contact pads (22 and 44) are supported from the outer end portion (18) of the offset arm (16), and the tines (20) extending from the offset arm (16). The contact pads (22 and 44) present longitudinally facing wear surfaces (24 and 46). Each of the longitudinally oriented wear surfaces (24 and 46) has an angularly inclined portion (32 and 48). The inclined portions (32 and 48) each diverge outwardly at an angle (phi or theta) which equals the angle at which the offset arm (16), or each tine (20), deflects at the location along the contact pads (22 and/or 44) where each wear surface (24 and/or 46) is subjected to a predetermined load.
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