Gear type transmission apparatus

Patent · Tue Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6761538

Sakamoto, K; Shirai, E; Moriyama, K; Nagamatsu, H

This patent describes a gear type transmission apparatus comprising, a transmission case containing a gear train arrangement including gear trains and an output shaft to which an output of an engine is transmitted through the gear train arrangement and provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof, a cover member mounted on the upper portion of the transmission case to cover the opening, a holder member formed separately from the cover member and fixed on an under surface of the cover member to be positioned at the inside of a contacting face of the cover member provided for coming into contact with an upper end face of the transmission case, wherein the holder member is provided with a shift rod supporting portion disposed to be at least partially lower than the level of the contacting face of the cover member, and a shift rod supported by the shift rod supporting portion of the holder member to be movable in a direction along its axis at a position above the output shaft for causing the gear trains to be in operation to transmit the output selectively, and at least a part of one of the holder member and the shift rod is positioned to be higher than the lever of the contacting face.

• Assignee: Mazda Motor Corp., Hiroshima
• Patent Number(s): US 4784009
• OSTI ID: 6761538
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
COVERINGS
DESIGN
ENGINES
GEARS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL TRANSMISSIONS
OPERATION
RODS
SHAFTS