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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Kyowa Metal Works Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuyoshi Hiraiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/02 (2006.01); F16D 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/025 (2013.01); F16D 23/06 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19284 (2015.01);
Abstract
A shift device has lever members arranged between a sleeve, a hub, and synchronizer rings to amplify and transmit pressing force of the sleeve to one of the synchronizer ring. The lever members include a top portion and arm portions at the both sides of the top portion. The lever members are provided with a torque receiving surface capable of receiving friction torque from projections of the synchronizer rings on an intermediate portion of each arm portion between the top portion and a second slide surface provided on each end of the arm portions.