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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Victor Kronstadt, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Earl E. Duffey, Waynesboro, PA (US);
Victor Kronstadt, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Earl E. Duffey, Waynesboro, PA (US);
Mack Trucks, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A manual transmission with a gearshift locking arrangement includes a rail having a shifter having a slot between forward and rear ears of the shifter, the rail being movable between rail forward and rear positions. The manual transmission with a gearshift locking arrangement also includes forward and rear engagement members disposed at positions corresponding to the rail forward and rear positions. A shift lever is also provided, an engaging portion of the shift lever being adapted to be disposed in the slot, the shift lever being adapted to move the rail between the rail forward and rear position, the engaging portion being engageable with the forward engagement member when the rail is in the rail forward position and the engaging portion being engageable with the rear engagement member when the rail is in the rail rear position.