Patent ID: 6241066
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A working vehicle comprising:an engine;a propelling clutch driven by said engine;a first change speed unit driven by said propelling clutch and shiftable to a plurality of speed stages and to neutral by switching of a plurality of change speed clutches;a second change speed unit driven by said first change speed unit and shiftable between a transmitting position and a neutral position;traveling means driven by drive transmitted from said second change speed unit; andassociating means for automatically switching said propelling clutch and said change speed clutches in response to a shifting operation of one of said first and second change speed units such that, when said one of said first and second change speed units is shifted, said propelling clutch is disengaged and the other of said first and second change speed units is switched to neutral, and when said one of said first and second change speed units is switched to a transmitting state, said propelling clutch is engaged and the other of said first and second change speed unit is returned to a transmitting state;wherein said associating means is operable to return said other of said first and second change speed units to the transmitting state, and then to engage said propelling clutch.