Shift rod device of motorcycle
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorKoichi Tanaka
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Abstract
There is provided a link mechanism configured such that a shift rod driven by an operation of a gear shift pedal drives a shift shaft to rotate via a gear shift lever. A stroke sensor measuring a stroke amount, and a shift load sensor making a stroke motion in extension and contraction directions in accordance with shift-up and shift-down operating loads from the gear shift pedal are integrally provided to the shift rod.
Claims7
A shift rod device of a motorcycle being a shift rod device of a motorcycle having a link mechanism, in a motorcycle having a transmission making a shifting dog to be moved via a shift cam and a shift fork by a rotation of a shift shaft, in which a shift rod driven by an operation of a gear shift pedal is configured to drive the shift shaft to rotate via a gear shift lever, the shift rod device of the motorcycle comprising:
- a stroke sensor measuring a stroke amount, and a shift load sensor making a stroke motion in extension and contraction directions in accordance with shift-up and shift-down operating loads from the gear shift pedal, the stroke sensor and the shift load sensor being integrally provided in the shift rod, wherein the shift rod is formed of a shift rod adjuster and a shift rod body, wherein:
- a piston, a first plunger, a second plunger, a first spring, a second spring, a stopper pin, and a magnet are built in the shift rod body as components of the shift load sensor, and these components make a stroke motion along the same axis in an inside of the shift rod body;
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- the stroke sensor is disposed on an outer surface of the shift rod body by facing the magnet, and relatively detects a movement amount of the magnet in a non-contact manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.