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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Kinya Mizuno, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Keyaki, Saitama, JP;
Kinya Mizuno, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Keyaki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gearshift position detector, for a transmission component of a powertrain unit including an engine and a transmission, includes first and second actuator arms for cooperatively interacting with neutral and reverse indicator switches. The neutral and reverse indicator switches are mounted to a crankcase or a crankcase cover of the engine. The acutator arms are selectively operable to trip the respective switches, and thereby, to generate signals for alerting a vehicle operator that the transmission is in neutral or reverse. The actuator arms are operatively attached to a shift drum skip-turn-prevention plate which, in turn, is secured to an axial end surface of a shift drum. The indicator switches are, respectively, capable of being energized upon interaction between the corresponding actuator arm and the switch. In this configuration, the main components of the detector are housed within the crankcase, thereby saving space in the vicinity of the engine.