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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Chad Kwolek, Hartland, MI (US);
Chad Kwolek, Hartland, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes console/shifter arrangement includes a vehicle floor, a shifter base member and a console. A shifter base member has oversized fastening apertures arranged to align with threaded apertures in the vehicle floor. Fasteners extending through the oversized fastening apertures engage the threaded apertures and are moveable between an adjusting orientation and a securing orientation. The oversized fastening apertures have a prescribed dimension with respect to the fasteners such that the shifter base member is movable in alignment directions relative to the vehicle floor with the fasteners in the adjusting orientation. The console and the shifter base member are configured to move together as a single unit in the alignment directions while the fasteners are in the adjusting orientation.