US 5,701,984 A · Synchronizer for automobile transmission

Abstract

The present invention relates to a synchronizer for automobile transmissions. The invention provides a synchronizer in which the stroke of the shift lever is shorter for the same synchronizing time and the shift lever is operated by a smaller operating force to give convenient operation. By forming a friction surface at the outer circumference of the sleeve, the friction is located at the farthest position from the center line of the synchronizer so that the friction force is increased. At the same time, the pitch circle diameter of the power transmission spline is the largest so that the width of the synchronizer is reduced and the time required for synchronizing reduced. Also, the torque required in operating and the operating stroke are reduced remarkably whereby the enhanced performance synchronizer for automobile transmission provided.

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Dependent claims

A synchronizer for automobile transmission comprising;

a dog clutch(1) rotatable by a mutually rotating gear on a shaft concentric with an input shaft, an outer ring inserted into the dog clutch and having a friction surface(B) formed at its inner surface, a loop spring(3) inserted between the dog clutch and the outer ring(2) and moved with the outer ring, a synchronizer hub(6) engaged with the output shaft by a spline so that they rotate at the same rotating speed and, a sleeve(7) engaged with an outer circumference of the synchronizer hub so that said sleeve rotates with the synchronizer hub at the same rotating speed and having a friction surface(A) formed at its outer circumference so that the sleeve slides during shifting wherein the frictional surface of sleeve(7) and the mutual friction surface(B) have the same sloped angle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Synchronizer for automobile transmission

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Synchronizer for automobile transmission

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Abstract

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