Control lever system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiyuki Suzuki
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Abstract
A control lever system permits setting of an appropriate traveling mode with a single control lever by changing over between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, changing over a front differential gear between locked and free statuses, and changing over a rear differential gear between locked and free statuses. The single control lever is capable of setting the change-overs in prescribed combinations.
Claims18
A control lever system comprising:
- a lever shaft;
- a first arm member;
- and
- an engaging member defining a through hole surrounded by the engaging member, wherein the lever shaft passes through the through hole such that the engaging member is operated with the lever shaft,
- wherein the first arm member is structurally configured to operate along with a movement in parallel to a first locus of the lever shaft, and the engaging member is structurally configured to engage with the first arm member along with a movement in parallel to a second locus of the lever shaft which crosses the first locus wherein the control lever is a single control lever that changes over a final clutch between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, a front differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, and a rear differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, the first arm member is coupled to the final clutch and the rear differential gear unit, and a second arm member is coupled to the front differential gear unit.
A control lever system that changes over a final clutch between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, a front differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, and a rear differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, the control lever system comprising:
- a single control lever structurally configured to change over the final clutch between the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive, the front differential gear unit between the locked and unlocked statuses, and the rear differential gear unit between the locked and unlocked statuses, wherein the change-over between the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive of the final clutch, the change-over between the locked and unlocked statuses of the front differential gear unit and the change-over between the locked and unlocked statuses of the rear differential gear unit are set to prescribed combinations with the single control lever, wherein the single control lever comprises:
- a lever shaft;
- and
- an engaging member defining a through hole surrounded by the engaging member, wherein the lever shaft passes through the through hole such that the engaging member is operated with the lever shaft to change over the final clutch between the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive, the front differential gear unit between the locked and unlocked statuses, and the rear differential gear unit between the locked and unlocked statuses.
A control lever system comprising:
- a first arm member;
- and
- an engaging member operated with a control lever,
- wherein the first arm member operates along with a movement in parallel to a first locus of the control lever, and the engaging member engages with the first arm member along with a movement in parallel to a second locus of the control lever which crosses the first locus, wherein the control lever is a single control lever that changes over a final clutch between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, a front differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, and a rear differential gear unit between locked and unlocked statuses, the first arm member is coupled to the final clutch and the rear differential gear unit, and a second arm member is coupled to the front differential gear unit, and
- wherein said engaging member includes an elliptic part, a linear part arranged generally orthogonal to the elliptic part, and a pair of stubs that protrude downward from long sides of the elliptic part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.