Patent ID: 11906046
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A shifting mechanism, comprising:
a shift drum on which a cam groove is formed;
a cam sleeve having an engagement pin that is inserted into the cam groove to be reciprocated by the cam groove;
a fork shaft that is reciprocated between predetermined positions by a thrust force of the cam sleeve established by rotating the shift drum;
a support stem that extends parallel to a center axis of the cam sleeve; and
a projection that is formed integrally with the cam sleeve,
wherein the projection comprises a through hole to which the support stem is inserted,
wherein the through hole includes a slotted hole having a length in a direction along a normal line of the cam sleeve longer than a width thereof, and
wherein a rotation of the cam sleeve is restricted when the support stem comes into contact to an inner wall surface of the slotted hole.