Patent ID: 9097339
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shift fork assembly comprising: a shift rail member having a slot defined therein and a shift rail axis along which the shift rail member has axial movement, the shift rail member having a pair of opposing first and second wall segments extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the shift rail axis and a pair of opposing faces extending in a direction parallel to the shift rail axis, with each pair of the first and second wall segments connected to one of the faces to define the slot as an aperture extending entirely through the shift rail member between top and bottom surfaces of the shift rail member; and a fork member mounted in the slot and carried by the shift rail member, the fork member and shift rail member having movement relative to each other, the fork member adapted to operatively engage a control ring and induce movement of the control ring along a gear axis substantially parallel to the shift rail axis with movement of the shift rail member; wherein the fork member has pivoting motion relative to the shift rail member about a pivot axis that extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the shift rail axis, and the pivot axis is adapted to extend substantially between the shift rail axis and the gear axis; wherein the fork member extends through the slot between the top and bottom surfaces, and the fork member and the first wall segments and the second wall segments of the slot define interengaging surfaces that mutually interface in directions substantially parallel with the shift rail axis.