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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsunori Kuwahata, Hiroshima, JP;
Eiji Nakai, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
743375 ; 74 8917 ;
Abstract
An electronically controlled transmission having a rotatable cylindrical shift drum for moving a plurality of shift rods is linked with a transmission gear mechanism so as to selectively provide various forward and reverse gears. The shift drum has a center axis of rotation laying in parallel with center axes of rotation of the main shaft and the counter shaft and is offset sideways from a plane in which the center axes of rotation of the main and counter shafts extend.