Shift device
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorsKohei Kato, Takatoshi Maemori, Tatsushi Uchiyama, Hiroyasu Inohara
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Abstract
There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod.
Claims8
A shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft, the shift device comprising:
- a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation;
- a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft;
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- a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor,
- wherein the shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod,
- wherein the operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side of the shift device with respect to the shift rod in a vehicle side view,
- and wherein the shift sensor includes a sensor portion that is configured to detect a rotational movement of the shift rod relative to the sensor portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.