Patent ID: 8464602

Claim:
A shifting rocker ( 2 ), for a transmission, comprising: a first arm ( 4 ) having a first sliding sleeve mount ( 8 ) and an integral second arm ( 6 ) having an opposed second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ), the first sliding sleeve mount ( 8 ) and the second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ) being coaxially aligned with one another to define a first pivot axis ( 14 ) pivotally supporting a sliding sleeve therebetween; a lever arm ( 16 ) being directly coupled to and formed integral with the shifting rocker ( 2 ), the lever arm ( 16 ) supporting a first bearing point ( 20 ), and the second arm ( 6 ) supporting a second bearing point ( 22 ) and together the first bearing point ( 20 ) and the second bearing point ( 22 ) define a second pivot axis ( 18 ) which facilitates pivoting movement of the shifting rocker ( 2 ) about the second pivot axis ( 18 ); the first pivot axis ( 14 ) being substantially parallel to the second pivot axis ( 18 ); a first end of the lever arm ( 16 ) being coupled to the shifting rocker ( 2 ) at a location remote from the first and the second pivot axis ( 14 , 18 ) and the lever arm ( 16 ) extending from the shifting rocker ( 2 ), along and adjacent but spaced from the first arm ( 4 ), to a location between the first pivot axis ( 14 ) and the second pivot axis ( 18 ); the first sliding sleeve mount ( 8 ) and the opposed second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ) each have a laterally inwardly facing surface, and the lever arm ( 16 ) being connected to the shifting rocker ( 2 ) in an area located laterally between the inwardly facing surfaces; a second end of the lever arm ( 16 ), remote from the first end of the lever arm ( 16 ), including a pin ( 28 ), both the pin ( 28 ) and the second end of the lever arm ( 16 ) being located between the first pivot axis ( 14 ) and the second pivot axis ( 18 ), and a shifting force being applied to the pin ( 28 ) for pivoting the shifting rocker ( 2 ) about the second pivot axis ( 18 ), and the pin ( 28 ) extending generally parallel the first and the second pivot axes ( 14 , 18 ); and the first bearing point ( 20 ) being supported along the lever arm ( 16 ) at a location which is spaced from the coupling of the lever arm ( 16 ) to the shifting rocker ( 2 ) and also spaced from the pin ( 28 ) supported by the second end of the lever arm ( 16 ), and at least a remote portion of the pin ( 28 ) being laterally displaced from the second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ) by a greater distance than both a lateral displacement of a remote end of the first arm ( 4 ) from the second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ) and a lateral displacement of a remote end of the first bearing point ( 20 ) from the second sliding sleeve mount ( 12 ).