27-02-2020 дата публикации
Номер: US20200063864A1
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An exemplary shift lever includes a mounting assembly, a flexible member coupled to the mounting assembly, and an interface coupled to the flexible member. The flexible member is resilient so as to provide a selected biasing force at a predetermined deformation angle, and flexible enough to elastically deform across a selected angular range. The mounting assembly is configured for connection with the input shaft of a transmission, and the interface is configured for connection with an output of a drive selector. 1. An apparatus comprising:a transmission having an associated dog clutch;a rotatable input shaft connected to the dog clutch;a shift lever having a unitary flexible member extending between first and second ends, the shift lever operably coupled to the input shaft at the first end;a drive selector operably coupled to the second end of the shift lever; andwherein the drive selector is movable between first and second positions and the unitary flexible member elastically deforms through a predetermined angle corresponding to the first and second positions when the dog clutch is out of alignment.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the unitary flexible member generates a preload on the input shaft when deformed at the predetermined angle.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the preload of the unitary flexible member rotates the input shaft when the dog clutch moves into alignment.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein rotation of a transaxle of the transmission brings the dog clutch into alignment.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an abutment to limit the travel of the second end of the flexible member.6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the maximum deflection of the flexible member is limited by a pair of abutments.7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flexible member is formed from one of a composite claim 1 , a metal or combinations thereof.8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flexible member includes a tapered wall.9. The ...
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