Shift device
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorShoji Yanagida
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Abstract
A shift device that causes a transmission device to shift in response to a shift operation of a shift pedal includes a shift shaft configured to rotate in response to the shift operation of the shift pedal, a shift cam configured to rotate in a manner of being capable of changing a coupling state of a shift gear of the transmission device, a drive plate configured to move the shift cam in response to the rotation of the shift shaft, and a lost motion mechanism interposed between the shift shaft and the drive plate. The lost motion mechanism is attached to one end portion of the shift shaft and absorbs the rotation of the shift shaft to delay power transmission to the drive plate.
Claims5
A shift device that causes a transmission device to shift in response to a shift operation of a shift pedal, the shift device comprising:
- a shift shaft configured to rotate in response to the shift operation of the shift pedal;
- a shift cam configured to rotate in a manner of being capable of changing a coupling state of a shift gear of the transmission device;
- a drive plate configured to move the shift cam in response to the rotation of the shift shaft;
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- a lost motion mechanism interposed between the shift shaft and the drive plate, wherein
- the lost motion mechanism is attached to one end portion of the shift shaft and absorbs the rotation of the shift shaft to delay power transmission to the drive plate,
- the lost motion mechanism includes
- a lost motion plate configured to rotate integrally with the shift shaft,
- a pin holder configured to hold a pin and rotate relative to the shift shaft, and
- a torsion coil spring attached to the lost motion plate,
- a long hole is formed in the lost motion plate along a rotation direction,
- one end of the pin is inserted into the long hole,
- the other end of the pin is coupled to the drive plate, and
- the one end of the pin is held in a neutral position away from an end surface of the long hole by the torsion coil spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.