Patent ID: 8001864
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B62M,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An actuation force transmission mechanism for a shift control device in a vehicle, the shift control device arranged to perform shift control in which a shift actuator is stroked by a predetermined amount to rotate a shift shaft, the actuation force transmission mechanism comprising: first and second coupling parts coupled together and arranged to provide a relative movement therebetween in a linear direction, the first coupling part arranged to be coupled to the shift actuator, and the second coupling part arranged to be coupled to the shift shaft; first and second biasing mechanisms urge the first and second coupling parts toward a neutral position; and a first stopper mechanism stops the relative movement between the first and second coupling parts when one of the first and second coupling parts is moved from the neutral position against an urging force of the first biasing mechanism being compressed and as the second biasing mechanism is decompressed; wherein the actuation force transmission mechanism is arranged such that, when a resistive force acts linearly against the movement of the actuation force transmission mechanism, the first coupling part moves relative to the second coupling part against the urging force of the first biasing mechanism being compressed and as the second biasing mechanism is decompressed until the first coupling part is stopped by the first stopper mechanism, and in response to a continuing resistive force, the first and second coupling parts move together when the first coupling part is stopped by the first stopper mechanism.