Gear selector indicator adjustment mechanism

Patent · Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5949741

Kobylarz, L P

A motor vehicle automatic transmission gear selector indicator assembly is described which indicates the position of a gear shifter and permits the indicated gear position to be adjusted comprising: a display having gear selector designations and movable means for indicating one of the gear selector designations, and compliant means urging the movable means in one direction, a cable assembly having an outer sheath with first and second mounting means for mounting the opposite ends of the sheath, the cable assembly further having a cable core sliding within the sheath with a first end connected to the display movable means and a second end connected to the gear shifter, wherein tension on the core urges the indicator movable means to move against the compliant means, and an adjustment mechanism including a hollow externally threaded tube with the sheath fixed to the tube with the core passing through the tube, an adjustment wheel having a threaded bore meshing with the external threads of the tube, and a bracket which traps the adjustment wheel, the tube and the bracket including anti-rotation means for preventing rotation of the tube.

• Assignee: May and Scofield, Inc., Howell, MI
• Patent Number(s): US 4821593
• OSTI ID: 5949741
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 12 May 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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