Gear selector indicator adjustment mechanism

Claim 1

A motor vehicle automatic transmission gear selector indicator assembly which indicates the position of a gear shifter and permits the indicated gear position to be adjusted comprising: a display having gear selector designations and movable means for indicating one of said gear selector designations, and compliant means urging said movable means in one direction, a cable assembly having an outer sheath with first and second mounting means for mounting the opposite ends of said sheath, said cable assembly further having a cable core sliding within said sheath with a first end connected to said display movable means and a second end connected to said gear shifter, wherein tension on said core urges said indicator movable means to move against said compliant means, and an adjustment mechanism including a hollow externally threaded tube with said sheath fixed to said tube with said core passing through said tube, an adjustment wheel having a threaded bore meshing with said external threads of said tube, and a bracket which traps said adjustment wheel, said tube and said bracket including anti-rotation means for preventing rotation of said tube, and said adjustment mechanism further having detent means which restrains said adjustment wheel from rotation until it is forcibly rotated through an external force, whereby, rotation of said wheel caused longitudinal movement of said tube and changes the indicated position of said gear selector display.