Patents by Inventor Stephen N. W. Fox

Stephen N. W. Fox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4191271
    Abstract: A gearshift linkage for transmitting movement of a gear lever mounted in the cab of a tilt-cab vehicle to a ratio-change transmission carried by a chassis portion of the vehicle. A U-secion yoke is pivotally connected to a lower extension of the gear lever. The U-section yoke is provided with an L-shaped locating projection, and is fixed to an inner tube member. An outer tube member providing a connection to the ratio-change transmission telescopically surrounds the inner tube member and is fixed at one end to a channel-section housing member provided with a spring-loaded latching pawl. In a normal operating position the U-section yoke and the channel-section housing member are locked together with the pawl engaging the yoke and the locating projection fitting snugly between side walls of the channel-section member. A detent plate on the lower lever extension unlatches the pawl when the cab tilts, to allow telescopic extension of the tube members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen N. W. Fox, Edward H. Snook, Norman F. Stimson, deceased