Patent ID: 6904996
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: B60K,B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gearshift operation device for a truck having a vehicle body to which an engine and a transmission are installed, a tiltable cab placed over the engine and the transmission, and supported by a hinge pivot mounted to the vehicle body and tiltable forward of the vehicle body, and an instrument panel placed inside the cab, said gearshift operation device comprising: an operation lever unit configured to be placed inside said instrument panel, and having an operation lever protruding from said instrument panel; a control cable for mechanically connecting said operation lever unit and said transmission to enable operation control over said transmission based on operation of said operation lever, while allowing the cab to be tilted, wherein said control cable has an externally extending portion adapted to extend externally from said instrument panel to the transmission; and a connecting bracket for rotatably suoporting the externally extending portion of said control cable about said hinge pivot.