| US 7,494,441 B2 | ||
| Automatic transmission shift lever assembly | ||
| Marcus Haefner, Lindlar (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/326,308. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 05100039 (EP), filed on Jan. 05, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0219041 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 57/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 475—331 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A selector lever arrangement for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle comprising:
a selector lever which is pivotable about a pivot axis and has the purpose of generating a selector movement;
connecting means for transferring the selector movement to the automatic transmission; and
a connecting arrangement for transmitting the selector movement from the selector lever to the connecting means, the connecting
arrangement including a planetary gear mechanism, the selector lever being connected to an input side of the planetary gear
mechanism and the connecting means being connected to an output side of the planetary gear mechanism, the connecting means
engaging circumferentially in an approximately tangential engagement direction to the output side of the planetary gear mechanism.
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