Arthur A Anderson

US Patent:

50276735, Jul 2, 1991

Filed:

Dec 18, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/451694

Inventors:

William L. Behrens - Lake Orion MI
Arthur Anderson - Clarkston MI

Assignee:

Chrysler Corporation - Highland Park MI

International Classification:

F16H 5910
G05G 700
F16C 122

US Classification:

74473R

Abstract:

A self-adjusting gear shift lever assembly serving as a link in the shift cable connection between the transmission and the shift lever providing a spring preload on the shift cable and fastener means for adjusting backlash and build tolerances in the shift cable. Two embodiments of the assembly each include a relatively rotatably interconnected lever member and clamp plate. One embodiment has a D-shaped opening formed in the clamp plate for being secured to the transmission shift shaft, with the fastener means on the clamp plate and pin means on the lever member for mounting the end of the shift cable, and a tension spring between the lever member and clamp plate. The other embodiment has the D-shaped opening formed in the lever member, with the fastener means on the lever member and the pin mounting means on the clamp plate, and a compression spring between the lever member and clamp plate.

US Patent:

56753152, Oct 7, 1997

Filed:

Jul 28, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/508772

Inventors:

Nabil M. Issa - Detroit MI
Arthur Anderson - Clarkston MI
Michael F. Donoughe - Rochester Hills MI

Assignee:

Chrysler Corporation - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

B60Q 100

US Classification:

340456

Abstract:

An electronic gear display for an electronically-controlled automatic transmission system having an automatic transmission, a shift lever mechanism, a transmission controller interconnecting the automatic transmission and the shift lever mechanism, a body controller, and a communication bus interconnecting the transmission controller and the body controller includes a first set of indicators connected to the body controller to indicate that the shift lever mechanism is in an automatic mode of operation of the automatic transmission, and a second set of indicators connected to the body controller to indicate that the shift lever mechanism is in a manual mode of operation of the automatic transmission.