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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1998
Paul Towle, Wellesbourne, GB;
LuK Leamington Limited, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
A gear position sensor arrangement to indicate which gear ratio has been engaged in a change speed mechanism. The arrangement includes an indicating formation (,) which is connected with a portion (,) of a ratio selector mechanism of the change speed mechanism which moves in a first linear sense (X) and in a second rotary sense (Y) during selection of each gear ratio, and a sensing formation in the form of a cam surface (,) of a cam (,) which is moved in a third linear sense (Z) as a result of the movement of the indicating formation in the first and second senses to provide an indication as to the currently engaged gear ratio of the change speed mechanism via a linear sensing probe (,).