Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission mechanism including shift drum and actuator unit which are coaxially disposed
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Application No.: US16895128Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11415219B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Katsuya Sano , Masaki Nishiyabu , Satoaki Ichi , Kyohei Izumi , Yuji Hida
- Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hyogo
- Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hyogo
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-130278 20190712
- Main IPC: F16H63/18
- IPC: F16H63/18 ; B62M25/02 ; F16H57/02 ; F16H63/30

Abstract:
A straddle vehicle includes: a shift drum that makes a shift change of a transmission including a plurality of gear trains; a transmission case enclosing the shift drum, the transmission case including a side wall portion provided with an insertion hole into which an end portion of the shift drum is inserted; and an actuator unit secured to an outer surface of the side wall portion, the actuator unit including a drive shaft that outputs drive power to rotate the shift drum, the drive shaft having the same rotational axis as the shift drum and being connected to the shift drum on the rotational axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210010591A1 TRANSMISSION MECHANISM INCLUDING SHIFT DRUM AND ACTUATOR UNIT WHICH ARE COAXIALLY DISPOSED Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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