One-piece gearshift lever with cold formed end
CA 2096913 A1 · Owner: Neal, Leonard · Inventors: Neal, Leonard; Elliott, Robert
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A gearshift lever and a method of forming the lever is disclosed. The lever includes a one-piece shaft with a functional end and an operative end, the functional end being cold formed to a specific configuration for mechanical cooperation with components auxiliary to the lever. A channel region is provided along the shaft between the functional and operative ends for running electrical wire between the functional and operative ends and a, shaft covering material surrounds the channel region for containing the electrical wire within the channel region. The cold forming of the functional end of the lever reduces the cost of manufacturing the lever. In an alternative embodiment the shaft of …
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- Filed May 25, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 25, 2013.
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