Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Takashi Haneda

Yutaka Taga

Kunio Morisawa

Minoru Izawa

Takeshi Ochiai

Jun Ohta

Masami Ito

Toshihiko Uno

A power take-off apparatus in an automotive vehicle equipped with an automatic power transmission including a rotary element arranged to be driven by a prime mover of the vehicle when the transmission is conditioned in a neutral position during stopping of the vehicle and to be arrested when the power transmission is conditioned in a forward position. The power take-off apparatus comprises a drive gear mounted on the rotary element for rotation therewith, a driven gear arranged to be meshed with the drive gear, an electrically operated shift mechanism including an electric motor, and a linkage connected to the motor to move the driven gear toward and away from the drive gear in response to energization of the motor, and an electric control circuit for effecting energization of the motor when the transmission is maintained in the forward position during stopping of the vehicle and for maintaining the motor in its deenergized condition when the transmission is shifted to the neutral position. The linkage of the shift mechanism is provided with resilient means for biasing the driven gear toward the drive gear when the former is engaged with an end face of the latter.

Power take-off apparatus in automotive vehicle

The present invention relates to improvements in a switch for a direction indicator suitable for use in a motor car comprising: a bracket operationally associated with a control lever for a direction indicator and rotatable through a predetermined angle in dependence on a direction indicated; a rachet opposed to the main body of the bracket through a steering wheel, opposite end portions of which are constantly biased in a direction of being engaged with opposite end portions of the main body of the bracket, and rotatable through a predetermined angle in dependence on a direction indicator; and a cancel cam formed at the periphery thereof with projections capable of releasing a condition of engagement between the end portions of the main body of the bracket in response to the rotation of the steering wheel in a state of having a slight clearance in the direction of rotation and rotatable along with the steering wheel. Striking noises occurring during operation of a steering wheel are prevented by: a frictional inclusion interposed between abutting surfaces of the cancel cam and the steering wheel; shock absorbing means provided between abutting surface of the bracket and the ratchet; a lubricant of high viscosity filled in recesses formed on a shock receiving surface of either the bracket or the ratchet; shock absorbing members provided at portions of engagement between the steering wheel and the cancel cam for absorbing clearances in the direction of rotation; and shock absorbing tongues integrally formed either on the end portions of the main body of the ratchet.

Switch for direction indicator of vehicle

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Toyota, Japan

Takashi Haneda