Patent ID: 6578443
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift rod support assembly for a transmission gear shift mechanism comprising:a housing fixed to a vehicle body and including a hole through which a shift rod passes; a ball case including a fixed unit that is fixedly mounted to the housing and has a hole through which the shift rod passes, and a protrusion portion extending toward an inner area of the housing from the fixed unit and having a plurality of ball insertion holes; a plurality of balls, each provided in one of the ball insertion holes in a state whereby they contact the shift rod, the balls rotating as the shift rod undergoes rectilinear and rotational motion; rollers provided in a space formed by the housing and the ball case, the rollers contacting and rotating together with the balls; and play adjustment members for adjusting play between the rollers and the balls by manipulating a positioning of the rollers relative to the housing and the ball case.