Patent ID: 6367346
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a gearshift fork (2, 3) for a manual transmission of an automotive vehicle, which gearshift fork can be connected to a selector rod (12) and engages with its bifurcated section (6), which extends transversely of the central longitudinal axis of the selector rod (12), into a peripheral groove of a sliding sleeve (10), the gearshift fork (2, 3) comprising a stiffening in form of a collar (11) extending at a right angle, and said gearshift fork (2, 3) being made by shaping without chip removal, characterized in that in a first work step, two mirror-image gearshift forks (2, 3) are made, at first together, as a complete, pot-shaped component (1) by deep drawing and then, in a second work step, said gearshift forks are separated from each other in the region of the ends of their bifurcated sections (6).