Transmission actuator attachment structure of vehicle automatic driving device
AssigneeMeidensha Corporation
InventorsAkihiko Kodama, Nobuo Okazaki
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Abstract
A transmission actuator unit (131) is fixed on a actuator support plate (105) of a connection box unit (101) through a pair of lock mechanisms (143). A pair of grommets (121), with which lock pins (144) are engaged, are provided at both of a front side and a rear side of the actuator support plate (105). Then, the transmission actuator unit (131) can be selectively mounted on the actuator support plate (105) in either of two attitudes that are reversed 180 degrees according to vehicle types. Since a base plate of the transmission actuator unit (131) is mounted on the actuator support plate (105) settled in a horizontal attitude, rigidity of support of the transmission actuator unit (131) and the actuator support plate (105) is high.
Claims10
A mounting structure of a transmission actuator of an automatic vehicle driving device comprising:
- a frame settled above a driver's seat of a vehicle;
- an actuator support plate supported by the frame in a horizontal attitude;
- a transmission actuator having a base plate that is mounted on the actuator support plate;
- an actuator-side connector provided on a bottom surface of the base plate;
- at least two lock pins provided at the base plate;
- a first connector provided at the actuator support plate, wherein when the transmission actuator is in a first mounting attitude, the actuator-side connector is connected to the first connector;
- a second connector provided at the actuator support plate, wherein when the transmission actuator is in a second mounting attitude that is different from the first mounting attitude by 180 degrees, the actuator-side connector is connected to the second connector;
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- at least two lock holes provided at the actuator support plate so that the lock pins are engaged with the lock holes in the first mounting attitude and the second mounting attitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.