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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:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Scott D. Wilde, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Robert A. Dejonge, West Olive, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott D. Wilde, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Robert A. DeJonge, West Olive, MI (US);
Assignee:
Grand Haven Stamped Products, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/08 (2006.01); F16H 59/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shifter for controlling a vehicle transmission includes a base and a shift lever movably mounted to the base for movement between a plurality of gear positions. At least one of the gear positions comprises a PARK/NEUTRAL position having a PARK and a NEUTRAL control feature. The shifter includes an input device configured to switch between PARK and NEUTRAL upon actuation of the input device by an operator. An indicator on the shift lever indicates if the transmission is in PARK or NEUTRAL.