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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/26 (2006.01); F16H 63/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2013.01); F16H 61/26 (2013.01); F16H 63/18 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0234 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0239 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20055 (2015.01);
Abstract
There is provided a link mechanism configured such that a shift rod driven by an operation of a gear shift pedal drives a shift shaft to rotate via a gear shift lever. A stroke sensor measuring a stroke amount, and a shift load sensor making a stroke motion in extension and contraction directions in accordance with shift-up and shift-down operating loads from the gear shift pedal are integrally provided to the shift rod.