Patent ID: 6233931
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60Y,B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A transmission control mechanism for a vehicle comprising:a housing attached to a body frame of said vehicle;a hydrostatic transmission contained within and supported by said housing for steplessly changing the traveling speed of said vehicle;a speed control arm of said hydrostatic transmission projecting outwardly from a side surface of said housing;a pedal disposed at said side of said housing, wherein said pedal and said speed control arm are juxtaposed in a longitudinal row along said body frame;a linkage interposed between said pedal and said speed control arm, wherein said speed control arm is moved to an accelerating direction from a neutral position when said pedal is trod; anda shock absorber provided to said linkage, wherein said shock absorber gives resistance to said pedal against a biasing force toward said neutral position; anda sub-frame fixedly disposed substantially parallel to said body frame and mounted to said body frame;wherein said pedal includes a pedal shaft which is pivoted onto a surface of said body frame so as to be disposed in a lateral direction along said body frame; andwherein said pedal includes an advancing pedal for controlling said vehicle in advancing and a reversing pedal for controlling said vehicle in reversing; andwherein said pedal shaft includes a first pedal shaft and a second pedal shaft, wherein said first and second pedal shafts are juxtaposed on a surface of said body frame in a longitudinal direction so as to be connected to said advancing pedal and said reversing pedal; andwherein both said first pedal shaft and said second pedal shaft are supported by both said frame and said sub-frame.