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Shift assisting device

US4924724A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1988
Grant dateMay 15, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2042
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shift assisting mechanism for a marine transmission including a pair of wire actuators that are connected by means of a pair of levers which are, in turn, connected by a motion transmitting mechanism that provides a lost motion so that excess movement of one of the wire transmitters will not place bending forces on the other of the levers.

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