Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Jikogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 7454993
    Abstract: To provide a drive transmission changer for a dog clutch of a vehicle, which is effective to achieve change of the drive transmission assuredly without requiring any complicated control and which can be assembled compact in size. The drive transmission changer includes a drive motor 1, an output shaft 2 including a shaft body 2a and an eccentric stud 2b, a gear 3 mounted on the shaft body 2a for rotation relative thereto and drivingly coupled with the drive motor 1, a first transmission member 4 rotatable together with the gear 3, a second transmission member 5 mounted on the shaft body 2a for rotation together therewith, and a torsion coil spring 6 operatively coupled between the first and second transmission members 4 and 5 and arranged coaxially with the shaft body 2a for accumulating a drive force as the first transmission member 4 rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jikogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruo Kitai, Hiroyuki Fujimoto