Patent ID: 6510934
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B60T,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A parking lock device for a saddle riding type vehicle, for use in a driving force transmission system wherein engine power is transmitted as it is being varied in speed from a power output shaft of a gear transmission mechanism to axle shafts via an intermediate shaft, comprising:a lock gear arranged on the same shaft as the power output shaft; a pivot element, cantilevered so as to sway about a pivot axle parallel to the power output shaft and having an engagement projection engageable with the lock gear and a slider abutment on the opposite side; an actuator including a rod and a slider element which are able to advance and retract along a surface and are disposed on a side opposite to the lock gear with the pivot element therebetween; and a constraint element that includes a first tapered surface for abutment against a complementary second tapered surface that is formed at a distal end of the slider element for constraining the advancing and retracting movement of the slider element, wherein once the first and second tapered surfaces abut one another and the slider element is further moved, the slider element causes the pivot element to sway so as to bring the engagement projection into mesh with the lock gear.