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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); B60K 23/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/38 (2006.01); G05G 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2013.01); B60K 23/00 (2013.01); F16H 63/38 (2013.01); G05G 5/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speed change apparatus of a vehicle includes: a shift lever device; a gear transmission; and an operation force transmission mechanism for transmitting an operation force of the shift lever device to the gear transmission. The gear transmission includes: a shift mechanism operated by the operation force so as to switch the gear transmission between a plurality of shift positions; and a plurality of detent mechanisms for positioning and holding the shift mechanism at each shift position.