Parking lock device for a saddle riding type vehicle
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorHidetoshi Arakawa
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Abstract
When the claw of the engagement piece abuts the raised portion of the lock gear, the engagement piece cannot move further and is held off at the position. When the lock gear turns a small amount then the indentation (indented portion between gear teeth on the periphery) meets the claw. At this event, the slider piece moves as it is sliding along the guide cam by the elastic force of the coil spring until the slider piece abuts the spacer. The claw of the engagement piece meshes the lock gear so that the power output shaft is fixed or will not turn whereby the wheel shafts are locked.
Claims8
A parking lock device for a saddle riding type vehicle, for use in the driving force transmission system wherein the engine power is transmitted as it is being varied in speed from the power output shaft of the gear transmission mechanism to the axle shafts via the intermediate shaft, comprising:
- a lock gear arranged on the same shaft as the power output shaft;
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- a pivot element, cantilevered so as to sway about a pivot axle parallel to the power output shaft and having an engagement projection engageable with the lock gear and a slider abutment on the opposite side,
- wherein the engagement projection of the pivot element is adapted to engage the lock gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.