Selector mechanisms for change-speed gears

Abstract

Abstract A SELECTOR MECHANISM FOR A CHANGE-SPEED GEAR, PRIMARILY FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES, INCLUDES SELECTIVELY MOVABLE STRIKER FORKS, OR OTHER STRIKER MEMBERS, WHICH ARE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON A STRIKER SHAFT THAT IS MOUNTED AT ONE END IN A FIRST WALL OF THE GEAR HOUSING. THE STRIKER MEMBERS CO-OPERATE WITH CLUTCH COUPLING SLEEVES OR OTHER COUPLING MEMBERS OF THE CHANGE-SPEED GEAR. ONE OF THE COUPLING MEMBERS, FOR AN AUXILIARY GEARSET WHICH MAY FOR INSTANCE BE ARRANGED TO GIVE AN OVERDRIVE RATIO, IS DISPOSED ON THE SIDE OF A SECOND WALL OF THE GEAR HOUSING REMOTE FROM THE OTHER COUPLING MEMBERS: THE STRIKER MEMBER FOR THE COUPLING MEMBER OF THE AUXILIARY GEARSET HAS A TUBULAR BOSS PORTION WHICH EXTENDS THROUGH, AND IS SLIDABLE IN, AN APERTURE IN THE SECOND WALL SO AS TO FORM A MOUNTING SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKER SHAFT RELATIVE TO THE SECOND WALL. WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT, ALSO, SELECTOR PORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS STRIKER MEMBERS MAY BE GROUPED CLOSELY TOGETHER, FOR EXAMPLE IN TWO OR POSSIBLY ONLY ONE COMMON RADICALPLANE REGIONS, TO FACILITATE SELECTION BY A SINGLE SELECTOR SHAFT, POSSIBLY WITH AN ASSOCIATED INTERLOCK MEMBER.

Inventors

• 👤 Thomas Charles Felix Stott

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