Patent ID: 7174800
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A speed change gear drive for a transmission comprising: a transmission case having a side wall; a change pedal; a change spindle supported by the side wall of the transmission case and linked to the change pedal; a change arm fixed to the change spindle; a shift drum supported by the transmission case and adapted to engage the change arm; a shift fork arranged such that the position of the shift fork is changed by rotating the shift drum; a shift fork rod supported by the side wall of the transmission case and supporting the shift fork, wherein the shift fork rod and the change spindle having axes that are parallel, and where the change spindle and the shift fork rod are supported nearly end to end from opposite sides of the side wall of the transmission case such that a portion of the shift fork rod overlaps a portion of the change spindle when viewed in an axial direction.