Control apparatus for a vehicle power transmission

Claim 1

A control apparatus for a vehicle power transmission including a rotatable and axially movable fork rod for effecting shifting into or from different gear shift positions, and a manually operated control level connected, by means of a shifter bracket, to the fork rod for effecting the rotation and/or axial movement thereof, and having a shift pattern in which a forward running gear shift position and a reverse running gear shift position are located on substantially the same shift line, the improvement therein comprising: a reverse misselection preventing mechanism which prevents shifting from the forward running gear shift position directly into the reverse running gear shift position, and which includes a first member formed integrally with the shifter bracket and projecting radially outwardly from the fork rod, and a second member supported by a housing for the control lever, said second member being movable between a first position in which said first and second members abut with each other preventing rotation of the fork rod, and a second position in which said first member is not moved by said second member permitting rotation of the fork rod; and a selection check mechanism which provides selection click feeling when the fork rod is rotated to a selected position in which a shift can be made into at least one of the gear shift positions, and which includes a first element formed integrally with the shifter bracket in the vicinity of said first member of the reverse misselection preventing mechanism, a second element movably supported by said housing, and resilient means urging said second element against said first element, one of said first and said second elements having such a profile as to cooperate with the other to produce said selection click feeling.