Shift rocker
AssigneeIna Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
InventorsKlaus Krämer, Arnold Trissler
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Abstract
A shift rocker for use in a gear shift mechanism, includes a bracket of forked configuration, with the bracket having spaced-apart sidewalls in parallel relation for axially displacing a shift sleeve, and an arched cross member interconnecting the sidewalls. Connected to the cross member of the bracket for introduction of force is a rail which includes, directly or indirectly, a shift slot for engagement of a shift finger in fixed rotative engagement with a shift shaft, a latch contour for a separate stationary shift latching means, and a receiving member for engagement of a locking lever of a locking unit to inhibit a shifting movement of the shift rocker when the shift rocker is inactive.
Claims21
A shift rocker for use in a gear shift mechanism, comprising:
- a bracket of forked configuration, said bracket having spaced apart sidewalls in parallel relation for axially displacing a shift sleeve, and an arched cross member interconnecting the sidewalls;
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- a rail connected to the cross member of the bracket for introduction of force, said rail including, directly or indirectly, a shift slot for engagement of a shift finger in fixed rotative engagement with a shift shaft, a latch contour for a separate stationary shift latching means, and a receiving member for engagement of a locking lever of a locking unit to inhibit a shifting movement of the shift rocker when the shift rocker is inactive.
A shift device for use in a gear shift mechanism, comprising:
- a shift rocker rotatable between an inactive position and an activated position through operation of a shift finger, which is fixedly mounted on a shift shaft, for axially displacing a shift sleeve;
- a locking lever operatively connecting a locking unit to the shift rocker and so operated as to inhibit a shifting movement of the shift rocker when the shift rocker is inactive,
- wherein the shift rocker includes a bracket having spaced-apart parallel sidewalls for axially displacing the shift sleeve, and a cross member interconnecting the sidewalls, and a rail connected at an attachment area to the cross member of the bracket and operatively connected to a shift finger in fixed rotative engagement with a shift shaft, said rail including a latch contour for engagement by a separate stationary shift latching means, and a receiving member for engagement of the locking lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.