US5224393A
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Electronically controlled transmission and steering wheel located shift mechanism
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-05-07
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Granted: 1993-07-06
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Expires: 2011-05-07
Abstract
Abstract An electronically controlled transmission in which a shift actuator for driving a sleeve of a roller synchro mechanism and a throttle actuator for an engine are electronically controlled. The shift actuator is comprised of a drum type actuator of a simple structure comprising a shift drum and a shift fork. The use of the roller synchro mechanism ensures that only a small driving force for the shift drum is required, which makes it possible to provide a reduction in size of the shift actuator. In addition, a shift lever for operating a shift switch for producing the shifting instruction signal is mounted on either left or right side of the steering wheel. This ensures that the shifting-up and shifting-down signals can be produced by one of the driver's hands, leading to an improvement in operability of the shift lever.
Inventors
- 👤 Noboru Ashikawa
- 👤 Masami Takano
- 👤 Akihito Ohhashi
- 👤 Toyoshi Yasuda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:27
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60W; B60W30/00; B60W30/18; B60K; B60K20/00; B60K20/02; B60K20/06; B60W10/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/10; B60W10/11; F; F16; F16D; F16D41/00; F16D41/06; F16D41/08; F16D41/086; F16D41/088; F16H; F16H59/00; F16H59/02; F16H59/04; F16H59/044; F16H63/00; F16H63/02; F16H63/08; F16H63/16; F16H63/18; B60W2710/00; B60W2710/06; B60W2710/0605; B60W2710/0644; B60W2710/10; B60W2710/1005; F16H2059/006; F16H2059/0239; F16H61/00; F16H61/68; F16H61/682; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/19; Y10T74/19219; Y10T74/19251; Y10T74/19256; Y10T74/1926; Y10T74/19279
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
An electronically controlled transmission comprising a roller synchro mechanism adapted to establish a desired gear-shift stage by bringing a gear relatively rotatably carried on a rotary shaft into engagement with said rotary shaft through rollers; a shift actuator for driving a sleeve which operates said roller synchro mechanism; a throttle actuator adapted to control the rotational speed of an engine; and an electronic control unit for controlling said shift actuator and said throttle actuator on the basis of a shifting instruction signal, wherein said shift actuator comprises a shift drum having a cam groove on an outer periphery thereof and is connected to and rotatably driven by a motor through spur gear means, and a shift fork axially slidably carried on said shift drum, said shift fork having one end engaging with the sleeve and another end formed into a base portion surrounding the shift drum, said base portion being provided with a pin engaging with said cam groove.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
An electronically controlled transmission comprising a roller synchro mechanism adapted to establish a desired gear-shift stage by bringing a gear relatively rotatably carried on a rotary shaft into engagement with said rotary shaft through rollers; a shift actuator for driving a sleeve which operates said roller synchro mechanism; a throttle actuator adapted to control the rotational speed of an engine; and an electronic control unit for controlling said shift actuator and said throttle actuator on the basis of a shifting instruction signal, wherein said shift actuator comprises a shift drum having a cam groove on an outer periphery thereof and is connected to and rotatably driven by a motor through spur gear means, and a shift fork axially slidably carried on said shift drum, said shift fork having one end engaging with the sleeve and another end formed into a base portion surrounding the shift drum, said base portion being provided with a pin engaging with said cam groove.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
138 words
An electronically controlled transmission according to claim 1, wherein said roller synchro mechanism comprises an annular retainer disposed between the rotary shaft and the gear for relative rotation with respect to the rotary shaft and gear, and a plurality of rollers radially movably supported in the retainer and opposed to a roller abutment surface formed on one of either the rotary shaft or the gear and to cam grooves formed on the other of the rotary shaft and the gear, and wherein a dowel of the sleeve which is relatively non-rotatably but axially movably carried in the rotary shaft or the gear to be driven by the shift actuator is brought into and out of engagement with a dowel-admission groove provided in the retainer, thereby bringing the rotary shaft and the gear into and out of mutual engagement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electronically controlled transmission according to claim 1, wherein a steering wheel located shift mechanism is provided for operating a switch with means to produce a shift-up or shift-down instruction signal to said electronic control unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
184 words
An electronically controlled transmission providing clutchless shifting, comprising: a roller synchro mechanism adapted to establish a desired gear-shift stage by bringing a gear relatively rotatably carried on a rotary shaft into engagement with said rotary shaft through rollers; a shift actuator for driving a sleeve which operates said roller synchro mechanism; a throttle actuator adapted to control the rotational speed of the engine; and an electronic control unit for controlling said shift actuator and said throttle actuator on the basis of a shifting instruction signal, wherein said shift actuator comprises a shift drum having a cam groove on an outer periphery thereof and is connected to and rotatably driven by a motor through spur gear means and a shift fork axially slidably carried on said shift drum, said spur gear means comprises a drive gear having a smaller diameter than any other gear comprising said spur gear means, and said shift fork has one end engaging with the sleeve and another end formed into a base portion surrounding the shift drum, said base portion being provided with a pin engaging with said cam groove.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
184 words
An electronically controlled transmission providing clutchless shifting, comprising: a roller synchro mechanism adapted to establish a desired gear-shift stage by bringing a gear relatively rotatably carried on a rotary shaft into engagement with said rotary shaft through rollers; a shift actuator for driving a sleeve which operates said roller synchro mechanism; a throttle actuator adapted to control the rotational speed of the engine; and an electronic control unit for controlling said shift actuator and said throttle actuator on the basis of a shifting instruction signal, wherein said shift actuator comprises a shift drum having a cam groove on an outer periphery thereof and is connected to and rotatably driven by a motor through spur gear means and a shift fork axially slidably carried on said shift drum, said spur gear means comprises a drive gear having a smaller diameter than any other gear comprising said spur gear means, and said shift fork has one end engaging with the sleeve and another end formed into a base portion surrounding the shift drum, said base portion being provided with a pin engaging with said cam groove.
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