Patent ID: 7938036
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B62K,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A saddle-type vehicle comprising: a power unit including a transmission including a plurality of gears, a clutch arranged to be engaged or disengaged in response to a gear-shift operation of the transmission, a shift shaft arranged to engage or disengage the clutch and to provide gear change of the transmission by rotation, and a casing that covers the transmission and the clutch and also covers the shift shaft in such a manner that part of the shift shaft projects outward in a widthwise direction of the vehicle from the casing to define a projecting portion; an actuator including an output shaft, the output shaft arranged to project outward in the widthwise direction of the vehicle from the actuator; and a connecting device arranged to connect the projecting portion of the shift shaft and the output shaft together on an outside of the casing; wherein the connecting device includes a rotating lever directly connected to the output shaft, a rotating arm directly connected to the projecting portion of the shift shaft, and a rod pivotally connected to the rotating lever and pivotally connected to the rotating arm such that a first rotation movement of the rotating lever causes a corresponding linear movement of the rod and the corresponding linear movement of the rod causes a corresponding second rotation movement of the rotating arm; and the actuator includes a primary drive and a power transfer mechanism interposed between the primary drive and the output shaft to transfer driving force from the primary drive to the output shaft and not to transfer driving force from the output shaft to the primary drive.