Patent ID: 8191443
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reverse inhibitor mechanism for a transmission of a vehicle, said reverse inhibitor mechanism comprising: a shift drum journaled to a side wall of a crankcase and rotatably supported in the crankcase; said shift drum having a reverse inhibitor groove formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof; a shift fork operated by the shift drum; a reverse inhibitor arm detachably engaged with the reverse inhibitor groove; said reverse inhibitor arm adapted to regulate a reverse setting of gear shifting of the transmission; and a reverse inhibitor shaft which supports the reverse inhibitor arm thereon; wherein said reverse inhibitor shaft is rotatably journaled in the crankcase by inserting one end thereof into one of the opposite side walls of the crankcase from inside the crankcase while keeping the reverse inhibitor arm positioned within the transmission case; and wherein a distal end portion of the reverse inhibitor arm which swings by a rotation of the reverse inhibitor shaft is brought into a detachable engagement with the reverse inhibitor groove; and wherein a proximate end of the reverse inhibitor arm is fitted at one end portion of the reverse inhibitor shaft.