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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2009
Ryuichi Matsushita, Nukata-gun, JP;
Kazuo Yoshida, Ena, JP;
Ryuji Honma, Nishio, JP;
Yoshinori Nishi, Anjo, JP;
Ryuichi Matsushita, Nukata-gun, JP;
Kazuo Yoshida, Ena, JP;
Ryuji Honma, Nishio, JP;
Yoshinori Nishi, Anjo, JP;
Aisin AI Co., Ltd., Nishio-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An operating device for a manual transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of operation shafts, supported at a housing to move in an axial direction thereof and selectively engaging one of a plurality of shift gear sets by one of the plurality of the operation shafts being moved in the axial direction thereof; a shift-and-select shaft, supported at the housing, selecting one of the plurality of the operation shafts by rotating in a circumferential direction of the shift-and-select shaft and moving the selected operation shaft in the axial direction of the selected operation shaft by moving in the axial direction of the shift-and-select shaft; an operating portion for manually operating the shift-and-select shaft; and an inertia unit, including an engagement portion, which is engageable with the shift-and-select shaft, pivotably supported at the housing, and pivoting in response to a movement of the shift-and-select shaft in the axial direction thereof.