Patent ID: 8117935
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly for actuating a synchronizer in a transmission, the assembly comprising: an actuator including a housing, a first member slidably disposed within the housing, and a second member slidably disposed within the first member, the housing having a first surface, the first member having a first surface, and the second member having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the first member opposes the first surface of the second member; a shift assembly interconnected to the synchronizer, the shift assembly including a shift member disposed at least partially within the housing of the actuator and having a contact surface opposing the second surface of the second member; and a spacer coupled to the shift member and positioned between the shift member and the first member of the actuator, and wherein the spacer and the second member of the actuator are in contact with the shift member and the first member when the first member contacts the first surface of the housing of the actuator.