# US 10,245,947 B2 · Vehicle including a shiftable transmission with operation lever > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,947 B2 - Document ID: US10245947B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/027,407 - Filed: 2018-07-05 - Published: 2019-02-28 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-22 - Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Shigeaki Oba; Seiji Nakagaki; Hiroyuki Fujimoto; Tomoyuki Hayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245947B2 ## CPC - B60K 23/02: for main transmission clutches - B60K 5/00: Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 5/02: with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, substantially in or parallel to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle - B60K 15/03: Fuel tanks - B60K 17/04: characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing - B60K 17/08: of mechanical type - B60K 20/04: floor mounted - B60N 2/01: Arrangement of seats relative to one another - B60K 17/34: for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A vehicle includes an engine, a continuously variable transmission, a shiftable transmission, a switching lever, a shift rod, and an operation lever. The continuously variable transmission is located at a side of the engine. The shiftable transmission is located on the same side as the engine in a right-left direction with respect to the continuously variable transmission. The switching lever is located on the same side as the continuously variable transmission with respect to a center of the shiftable transmission in the right-left direction, and inputs a shifting operation force into the shiftable transmission. The shift rod is linked to the switching lever. The operation lever is operated by a driver seated on the seat to shift the shiftable transmission, and is linked to the shift rod. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: two seats juxtaposed in a right-left direction of the vehicle; an engine including at least a portion located between the two seats in a plan view of the vehicle; a continuously variable transmission located to a side of the engine with at least a portion thereof located below one of the two seats in the plan view and to which a rotational power from the engine is transmitted; a shiftable transmission located on a same side as the engine in the right-left direction with respect to the continuously variable transmission and to which a rotational power from the continuously variable transmission is transmitted; a transmission that transmits the rotational power from the shiftable transmission to a vehicle wheel; a switching lever on a same side as the continuously variable transmission with respect to a center of the shiftable transmission in the right-left direction, and that inputs a shifting operation force into the shiftable transmission; a shift rod linked to the switching lever; and an operation lever operated by a driver seated on the seat to shift the shiftable transmission, and linked to the shift rod. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the shiftable transmission is located in front of the engine. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the switching lever is located between a center of the continuously variable transmission in the right-left direction and the center of the shiftable transmission in the plan view. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the engine includes an output shaft oriented in the right-left direction; the continuously variable transmission includes a first input shaft into which a rotational power from the output shaft is input, and a first output shaft located farther forward than the first input shaft to output the rotational power input into the first input shaft; the shiftable transmission includes a second input shaft which is located farther forward than the first output shaft and into which the rotational power output from the first output shaft is input, and a second output shaft located farther forward than the second input shaft to output the rotational power input into the second input shaft to the transmission; and the switching lever is located at a projection of the shiftable transmission that projects farther forward than the continuously variable transmission. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the switching lever is provided at a first side surface of the projection that is closer to the continuously variable transmission than is a second side surface of the projection opposite to the first side surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the projection is located between the two seats in the plan view. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the switching lever and the operation lever are located between the two seats in the plan view. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the switching lever is located at a center or substantially a center of the vehicle in the right-left direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a fuel tank that stores fuel for the engine and is located at a position that sandwiches the engine with the continuously variable transmission.