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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:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman E. Ritchie, Portland, OR (US);
Sorin Anghelus, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Freightliner LLC, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 ;
Abstract
A vehicle shifter and method in one form involves tilting a shift lever relative to a steering wheel as the steering wheel is tilted and also raising and lowering the shift lever respectively as the steering wheel is raised and lowered.