Shifting operation detecting apparatus

A shifting operation detecting apparatus comprising:

• a gearbox accommodated in a gearbox case and configured to transmit and output a driving force received in an input shaft from a drive source to an output shaft via any one shifting gear of a shifting gear group having a plurality of stages;
• and
• a shift change apparatus including a shifting pedal that receives a shifting operation by a foot operation of a driver and configured to change the shifting gear of the gearbox,
• the shift change apparatus comprising:
• a shifting operation unit accommodated in the gearbox case and configured to change the shifting gear of the gearbox;
• a shifting operation receiving section having an outer shaft section protruding outward from the gearbox case, receiving the shifting operation by the foot operation of the driver to pivot around a shaft of the outer shaft section and configured to transmit a pivotal movement to the shifting operation unit;
• a swing lever integrally pivotably installed on the outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section;
• and
• a connecting member configured to interlockably connect the swing lever and the shifting pedal,
• wherein a shift operation detecting means is disposed between the swing lever and the gearbox case in the outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section to directly detect a pivoted state of the shifting operation receiving section, and
• the connecting member is connected to the swing lever from the gearbox case side.