Key-shift transmission
US4809560A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/655
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hollow shaft composed of a pair of trough-shaped shaft halves (15A) is employed as a speed-change shaft (15) for a key-shift transmission. Each of the shaft halves includes at both sides of an arched inner surface a pair of axially extending flattened end surfaces one of which has thereon an axially elongated projection (19) and the other of which has therein an axially elongated recess (20). The shaft halves are engaged to each other co-rotatably by fitting the projections of the respective shaft halves into the recesses of the other respective shaft halves. The projections and recesses are sized such that a pair of elongated axial grooves (21) are formed in an outer surface of the change shaft. A pair of shift keys (18) are disposed within such axial grooves for coupling speed-change gears (16F.sub.1 -16F.sub.5) selectively to the change shaft.
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