Ball type shifter
CA 2109692 C · Owner: Grand Haven Stamped Products Company · Inventors: Tjapkes, Stanley A.; Olmsted, Bruce E.
Overview
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A drop-in type shifter is provided for an automotive transmission, the shifter employing one or more washer-like flat springs for spring biasing a shift stick to a predetermined position on the shifter and actuatable for changing the drive ratio of the transmission when the shift stick is pivoted. A base is adapted for mounting the shifter on the transmission. A spherical socket is disposed on the base, and a spherical ball is disposed on the shift stick, the shift stick being received in the ball for pivotally mounting the shift stick on the base. One or more flat washer-like springs are provided having an aperture through which the upper end of the shift stick extends the, washer-like …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 22, 1993 and granted December 8, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 22, 2015.
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