Transmission actuator attachment structure for automatic vehicle driving device
AssigneeMeidensha Corporation
InventorsAkihiko Kodama, Nobuo Okazaki
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Abstract
An L-shaped bracket (151) is fixed to a top end portion of a rack shaft (141) of a selecting actuator (133) of a transmission actuator unit (131) through a rotatable joint (152). An actuator housing (161) of a shifting actuator (134) is supported on a mounting surface (151a) of the L-shaped bracket (151) so as to be attachable to and detachable from the mounting surface (151a) through a lock mechanism (154) (a lock pin (155) and a lock hole (162a)). The shifting actuator (134) can be mounted with the shifting actuator (134) being reversed 180 degrees.
Claims6
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;
- a first actuator supported by the frame and having a first actuator rod that moves in a vehicle width direction;
- a bracket fixed to the first actuator rod and having a mounting surface that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first actuator rod;
- a second actuator mounted on the mounting surface and having a second actuator rod that moves in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein a top end portion of the second actuator rod is connected to a shift lever;
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- a lock mechanism structured by a lock pin provided at the bracket and a lock hole provided at a case of the second actuator and detachably fixing the second actuator to the bracket with the second actuator being in either one of two different mounting attitudes that are different by 180 degrees, wherein
- the bracket has the mounting surface and two parallel guide surfaces that stand from both sides of the mounting surface, and
- the case of the second actuator is fitted between the two guide surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.