US4377951A
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Gear-change mechanism for a gear-change transmission consisting of a main drive and a two-range group drive
Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
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Filing: 1981-01-05
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Granted: 1983-03-29
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Expires: 2001-01-05
Abstract
Abstract A gear-change mechanism for a conventional two-range speed-selection transmission comprises a gear-shift lever which is coupled to a shaft in a housing, this shaft carrying a pair of strikers which engage elements connected to the shifting rod. According to the invention, the striker forms a packet with a plurality of check plates disposed between and in front of and behind the striker plates and held on the shaft for axial displacement therewith. The check plates are guided in the housing so that they cannot rotate with the shaft.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfred Magg
- 👤 Peter Fischer
- 👤 Gerold Bieber
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 12:36
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H63/00; F16H63/40; F16H63/44; F16H61/00; F16H61/24; F16H63/02; F16H63/08; F16H63/20; F16H2063/208; F16H63/30; F16H63/34; F16H63/3408; F16H63/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S74/00; Y10S74/90; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20012; Y10T74/20018; Y10T74/20085; Y10T74/20128
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A gear-change mechanism for a gear-change transmission having a plurality of gear-shifting rods, said mechanism comprising: a gear-change housing; a main shaft mounted in said housing so as to be angularly and axially displaceable therein; a gear-shift lever manually operated and connected to said shaft for displacement in a gear-shifting pattern to selectively actuate said rod; a pair of strikers mounted on said shaft and angularly displaceable therewith for selective engagement with elements connected to said rods for shifting gears upon displacement of said lever in said pattern; and a plurality of check plates nonrotatably connected to said housing but axially shiftable relative to said housing and carried by said shaft in front of, between, and behind said strikers for axial entrainment thereof with said shaft.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A gear-change mechanism for a gear-change transmission having a plurality of gear-shifting rods, said mechanism comprising: a gear-change housing; a main shaft mounted in said housing so as to be angularly and axially displaceable therein; a gear-shift lever manually operated and connected to said shaft for displacement in a gear-shifting pattern to selectively actuate said rod; a pair of strikers mounted on said shaft and angularly displaceable therewith for selective engagement with elements connected to said rods for shifting gears upon displacement of said lever in said pattern; and a plurality of check plates nonrotatably connected to said housing but axially shiftable relative to said housing and carried by said shaft in front of, between, and behind said strikers for axial entrainment thereof with said shaft.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The gear-shift mechanism defined in claim 1 wherein one of said check plates is provided with a ratchet housing connected to said shaft for slotting in a respective gear selection and a neutral position of said shaft and said lever, said ratchet housing being provided with means for operating a multigear transmission and for blocking said neutral position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The gear-change mechanism defined in claim 1 wherein a stack formed by said check plates with said strikers interdigitated therewith are mounted on said shaft between holding plates, a first of said holding plates, said check plates and said strikers having retaining means for restricting said patterns to a double-H gear-change pattern.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A mechanism defined in claim 3 wherein the other of said holding plates serves as a seat for a pressure spring on said shaft and as a transmitter cam for a mechanism for blocking positions other than a selected position of said shaft.
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