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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Mitsubori, Wako, JP;
Seiji Hamaoka, Wako, JP;
Hiromi Sumi, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Norita, Wako, JP;
Yasushi Fujimoto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shift drum structure for a drum-type transmission in which a shift fork moving on a shift fork shaft in an axial direction while guided by a guide groove in response to a turn of a shift drum, changes speeds by sliding a shifter member on a transmission driving shaft pivotally supporting a transmission gear, the shift drum. The shift drum includes a cylindrical drum main body and drum spindles projecting outward from drum end walls on the respective two sides of the drum main body, and the guide groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of the drum main body in a circumferential direction, wherein in the shift drum, a work groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the drum main body from one end surface to an opposite end surface of the drum main body, or to the guide groove near the opposite end surface.