Aisin Ai Co., Ltd.

Ryuichi Matsushita

Kazuo Yoshida

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Tetsuzou Yoneda

Ryuji Honma

Yoshinori Nishi

A shifting device of manual transmission apparatus for automobile is provided, shifting device which reduces fluctuations in operational loads at the time of selecting operations. A shifting deviceof manual transmission apparatus for automobile according to the present invention is characterized in that it is a shifting deviceof manual transmission apparatus for automobile, the shifting devicecomprising: a casing; a shift leverbeing retained rotatably with respect to the casing; a retaining memberinterlocking with the shift leverto swing; a locking ball pincomprising a rotatable roller, a locking-ball-pin bodyunit retaining the rollerrotatably, and an expandable and contractible springbeing fixed with respect to the retaining memberat one of the opposite ends and with respect to the locking-ball-pin body unitat the other one of the opposite ends; and a cam membercomprising a cam facewith which the rollercomes into contact rotatably, and being fixed so as to be swingable in relative to the locking ball pin; and it further comprises a damper inhibiting said spring from expanding and contracting.

Shifting device of manual transmission apparatus for automobile

An operating device for a manual transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of operation shafts, supported at a housing to move in an axial direction thereof and selectively engaging one of a plurality of shift gear sets by one of the plurality of the operation shafts being moved in the axial direction thereof; a shift-and-select shaft, supported at the housing, selecting one of the plurality of the operation shafts by rotating in a circumferential direction of the shift-and-select shaft and moving the selected operation shaft in the axial direction of the selected operation shaft by moving in the axial direction of the shift-and-select shaft; an operating portion for manually operating the shift-and-select shaft; and an inertia unit, including an engagement portion, which is engageable with the shift-and-select shaft, pivotably supported at the housing, and pivoting in response to a movement of the shift-and-select shaft in the axial direction thereof.

Operating device for manual transmission apparatus

An operating device for a manual transmission apparatus, comprising a plurality of operation shafts, a shift-and-select shaft having an engagement groove extending in a circumferential direction thereof, selecting one of a plurality of operation shafts by rotating and moving the selected operation shaft in an axial direction thereof by moving in an axial direction of the shift-and-select shaft, an operating portion for manually operating the shift-and-select shaft, an inertia unit including an engagement pin, positioned within the engagement groove and pivoting in response to a movement of the shift-and-select shaft in the axial direction thereof, and a swing-and-contact member provided at the engagement pin of the inertia unit so as to swing when being pressed by one of first and second inner surfaces of the engagement groove in accordance with the movement of the shift-and-select shaft and contacting the first and second inner surfaces of the engagement groove.

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Ryuichi Matsushita