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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1999
Tadashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A manual transmission is disclosed wherein a large number of shift arms are arranged evenly over a pair of selector rods. The design has the advantages of rendering the transmission compact in size, making it possible to enhance the stiffness of the shift arms, and making the layout of the gearshift mechanism more flexible. The synchromesh manual transmission,has a pair of selector rods,arranged in parallel with the output shaft of the transmission,The selector rod,is mounted with a 1st-speed, one reverse shift arm,and its associated shift block,against sliding movement while mounted with a 2nd-, 3rd-speed shift arm,integral with a shift block for sliding movement. Likewise, another selector rod,is mounted with a 4th-, 5th-speed shift arm,for sliding movement and further connected to a shift lever,for a 6th-speed shift arm. The shift block mechanism,and the shift blocks,are arranged in symmetry relationship about the center point C.