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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Gerd Wollschlaeger, Overath, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A shifter for a manual transmission is provided in which a shifter shaft is rotatably supported about an axis. A radial arm is carried for rotation about the axis by the shifter shaft. A shifter pin is provided on an axis substantially parallel the axis of the shifter shaft. The shifter pin is supported by the radial arm and has one cross section with a first thickness and a second cross section having a second thickness. A substantially planar plate is fixed to the transmission housing radially spaced from the axis. A shift gate is provided in the plate. The shift gate has an arcuate slot with a length, a first width, and a second width longitudinally spaced from the first width. The shift gate is engaged by the shifter pin.