Shift fork
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKotei Takahashi
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Abstract
A shift fork in a transmission has an upwardly extending branch whose upper end is bevelled to introduce dripping lubricant to sliding surfaces of the shift fork branch in contact with a collar with which the shift fork is engaged for shifting gears in the transmission.
Claims2
A shifting mechanism in an automotive transmission comprising a collar and a shift fork having a pair of upwardly extending forked branches engaging said collar for shifting the transmission, at least one of said branches having an upper end located radially outward from the collar and which is bevelled along substantially entirely an upper end face thereof so as to be inclined downwardly toward said collar so that lubricant dripping downward from a position vertically offset and radially outward from the collar is introduced to portions of said collar engaging with said shift fork by dripping onto said bevelled upper end of the shift fork branch to flow therealong to the collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.