Patent ID: 8556772
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clutch protection apparatus for a manual transmission comprising, in combination, a shift lever, a shift gate member disposed on a shift actuation shaft and operably coupled to said shift lever, said shift gate member having a first shift pattern slot on an outside surface and said shift actuation shaft having at least one shift fork secured thereto, said first shift pattern slot corresponding to axial and rotational positions of said shift actuation shaft in which forward and reverse gears are engaged, a stationary register pin disposed in said first shift pattern slot, at least one additional shift pattern slot on said shift gate member corresponding to a limited gear selection, an actuator having a pin for selective disposition in said additional shift pattern slot, and means for activating said actuator when selection of certain gears would result in an overspeed condition of a transmission clutch.