# US 10,766,570 B2 · Shifting operation detecting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,570 B2 - Document ID: US10766570B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/711,995 - Filed: 2017-09-21 - Published: 2018-03-29 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-29 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Akira Tokito; Naotada Matsudaira; Eisuke Kajihara; Kazumitsu Yamamoto; Tatsuya Ryuzaki; Kosuke Tsunashima; Junya Ono - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766570B2 ## CPC - B62M 25/08: with electrical or fluid transmitting systems - B62K 23/08: foot actuated - F16H 59/044: {consisting of electrical switches or sensors} - F16H 59/68: Inputs being a function of gearing status - B62K 11/00: Motorcycles, engine-assisted cycles or motor scooters with one or two wheels (fairings or streamlining parts not forming part of the frame B62J; transmission of drive from engines to wheels B62M) - B62M 25/06: foot actuated - B62M 2025/006: {with auxiliary shift assisting means} - F16H 61/2807: {using electric control signals for shift actuators, e.g. electro-hydraulic control therefor (F16H61/30, F16H61/32 take precedence)} - F16H 63/304: {the final output mechanisms comprising elements moved by electrical or magnetic force (band brake actuating mechanisms F16H63/3003)} - F16H 2059/0234: {Selectors for gearings using foot control} - F16H 2063/3076: {Selector shaft assembly, e.g. supporting, assembly or manufacturing of selector or shift shafts; Special details thereof} - B62M: RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR {SINGLE-TRACK} CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16) - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - F16H: GEARING ## Abstract A shifting operation detecting apparatus includes a gearbox and a shift change apparatus. The shift change apparatus includes a shifting operation unit, a shifting operation receiving section, a swing lever and a connecting member. A shift operation detector is disposed between the swing lever in an outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section and a gearbox case 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the swing lever is formed such that a tip portion to which the connecting member is connected is offset with respect to a base end portion to which the shifting operation receiving section is coupled at a side away from the gearbox case, and a connecting section of the connecting member with respect to the swing lever is disposed between the tip portion of the swing lever and the shift operation detecting means. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the shift operation detecting means is fitted into the gearbox case. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the shift operation detecting means is fitted into a through-hole formed in an outer wall of the gearbox case, and a collar section having a width larger than that of the outer wall is formed on a circumferential edge of the through-hole in a thickness direction of the outer wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an insertion section seal member is interposed between an inner circumferential surface of the collar section and an outer circumferential surface of a fitting protrusion fitted into the collar section of the shift operation detecting means. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shift operation detecting means has a sensor unit installed on an outer circumference of the outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section and configured to detect pivotal movement of the outer shaft section in a non-contact manner, and shaft outer circumference seal members are interposed between the outer shaft section and the shift operation detecting means at both sides of the outer shaft section in the axial direction with the sensor units sandwiched therebetween. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shift operation detecting means is formed such that a diameter of an opening through which the outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section passes is reduced at an outside in a vehicle width direction farther than the outer wall to be smaller than that of a through-hole formed in an outer wall of the gearbox case. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The shifting operation detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shift operation detecting means has a sensor case fixed to the gearbox case, and a shaft receiving section configured to rotatably support the outer shaft section is installed in an area of the sensor case through which the outer shaft section passes.