Patent ID: 7694603

Claim:
A transmission equipped with a cable-type shift device, comprising: a change lever; a first cable operative to transmit a shift-direction operation of the change lever and a second cable operative to transmit a select-direction operation of the change lever; a control shaft operative to control a shift change with rotation and axial-direction movement thereof in a case of the transmission, the rotation of the control shaft performing a shift-direction gear shift in the case of the transmission, the axial-direction movement of the control shaft performing a select-direction gear shift in the case of the transmission; an outer lever operative to be rotated by the shift-direction operation of the change lever via the first cable, the outer lever being fixed to said control shaft outside the case of the transmission so as to cause said rotation of the control shaft according to the shift-direction operation of the change lever, the outer lever including a pole shaft which projects substantially in a direction of the axial-direction movement of the control shaft and has a specified projecting length which corresponds to a moving distance of said axial-direction movement of the control shaft performing the select-direction gear shift; a member operative to be moved by the select-direction operation of the change lever via the second cable, the member being coupled to said control shaft so as to cause said axial-direction movement of the control shaft according to the select-direction operation of the change lever; a counterweight operative to rotate with the rotation of said control shaft via a link member, the counterweight including a first weight portion and a second weight portion, an arm portion to interconnect the first and second weight portions, and a support axis disposed so as to extend vertically apart from said control shaft, the support axis rotatably supporting a substantial gravity center of an entire of the first and second weight portions and the arm portion, the link member including a circular hole to allow said pole shaft of the outer lever to move therein, wherein said link member connects said outer lever to said arm portion of the counterweight in such a manner that said pole shaft of the outer lever is inserted through said circular hole of the link member so that the pole shaft of the outer lever moves freely through the circular hole of the link member in the direction of the axial-direction movement of the control shaft according to the axial-direction movement of the control shaft which is caused by the select-direction operation of the change lever, without pushing down or pulling up the arm portion of the counterweight, and that the rotation of the outer lever can be transmitted to the counterweight for the rotation of the counterweight according to the shift-direction operation of the change lever.