Patents Represented by Law Firm Parkhusrt & Oliff
  • Select return mechanism for a transmission
    Patent number: 4458549
    Abstract: The essential feature of the invention includes that both ends of a single torsion spring are elongated to form both arms which are engaged with a swinging lever actuated by the select operation and a fixed lever in such a manner that select return force at high and low gear position in select operation is equalized. Further feature of the invention is that a select return spring is provided at an area defined independently from the select shaft and a bell crank shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Manno Kogyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akira Tani, Yasuo Kito