Shift actuator for an electro-mechanical automatic transmission

Claim 1

A shift actuator device for an electro mechanical transmission including a first drive shaft having a plurality of drive gears rotatably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said first drive shaft, a second drive shaft concentric with said first drive shaft and having a plurality of drive gears rotatably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said second drive shaft and a driven shaft supported within said housing in parallel to said first and second drive shafts and including a plurality of driven gears fixedly mounted to said driven shaft in meshing engagement with corresponding ones of said drive gears mounted to said first and second drive shafts, said shift actuator device comprising: a first pair of shift rails associated with said drive gears on said first drive shaft and a second pair of shift rails associated with said drive gears on said second drive shaft, each of said shift rails including a shift lug and a shift fork mounted thereto; a first shifter device for selectivley engaging said drive gears on said first drive shaft and a second shifter device for selectively engaging said drive gears on said second drive shaft, said first and second shifter devices each including an electric motor drivingly attached to a reduction gear mechanism which is in turn attached to a barrel-shaped shifter cam having a pair of continuous cam grooves for receiving said shift lugs mounted to said first and second pairs of shift rails for selectively driving said shift rails and said shift forks for engagement of each corresponding drive gear.