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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Kiyokazu Okubo, Saitama-ken, JP;
Takayuki Yakou, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yasushi Onuma, Saitama-ken, JP;
Keiji Nemoto, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kazufumi Hosoda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gear shift apparatus for a manual transmission utilizes an actuator to prevent a miss shift manipulation from a forward gear stage to a reverse gear stage. The gear shift apparatus permits the driver to forcedly release a mis-shift preventing state with a smaller force. In the gear shift apparatus for a manual transmission, a select cam is responsive to a selecting manipulation to pivotally move to forward positions corresponding to forward select positions and a reverse position corresponding to a reverse select position. A restraint cam is driven to a prohibiting position by a plunger when a solenoid is energized to prohibit the select cam from pivotally moving to the reverse position. In this prohibiting state, as the select cam is pivotally moved toward a forward position in response to a manipulation for selecting a forward select position, a release protrusion of the select cam presses the restraint cam to pivotally move the same from the prohibiting state to a permitting position.