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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Yong-Qiang Wang, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Dura Automotive Systems, INC, Rochester Hills, NJ (US);
Abstract
An upper and lower lever type shift assembly is disclosed, suitable for use as a shifter for a motor vehicle. The shift assembly has a housing with a top opening and a side opening, an upper lever adapted to be connected to a shifter knob, a lower lever and a pivot block connecting the upper lever and the lower lever, wherein the pivot block is pivotably mounted in the housing, and a pivot cover cooperating with the housing to form a bearing surface for the pivot block proximate the side opening, wherein the pivot cover is connected to the housing by snap fit. The bearing surfaces cooperate with a pocket in the housing to support the pivot block. Such upper and lower type shift assemblies can be used to control, for example, transfer cases or transmissions of motor vehicles.