JP2010164144A - Booster for operating transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a striker, a piston rod and an entire operating rod from turning with respect to a lever. <P>SOLUTION: A booster for operating a transmission is provided with a cylinder device which is controlled by a control valve, a hollow piston rod 13 which is slidably arranged in a cylinder chamber of the cylinder device, an operating rod 11 which is connected to the change lever via a push-pull cable by being slidably arranged in the piston rod 13, the striker 3 which is attached to the piston rod 13, a turn shaft 5 which is connected to a shift fork which shifts the transmission and the lever 4 which includes an elongated hole 4a to which the striker 3 secured to the turn shaft 5 is slidably fitted. In the booster, the striker 3 is provided with a spacer 30 coming into slide contact with side of the lever 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission operating booster for reducing the operating force of a transmission used in a vehicle, and relates to an effective one mounted on a large vehicle such as a bus or a truck.

When operating a transmission mounted on a large vehicle such as a bus or truck, a large operating force is required. For this reason, it is comprised so that a driver | operator's operating force may be assisted by connecting the change lever for a transmission operation with a change lever.
For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a transmission operating booster includes a cylinder device controlled by a control valve, and a hollow piston rod slidably disposed in a cylinder chamber of the cylinder device. An operation rod which is slidably disposed in the piston rod and is connected to the change lever via a connecting means, a striker attached to the piston rod, and a rotation connected to a shift fork for shifting the transmission A shaft, and a lever having a long hole fixed to the rotating shaft and into which a striker is slidably fitted.
The control valve is operated by an operating rod that is linked to the operation of the change lever by the driver at the time of shifting, and the piston rod of the cylinder device expands and contracts following the operation, and the operating force passes through the striker and lever. The transmission is shifted by being transmitted to the shift fork.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-12310

In recent transmission operating boosters, the operating rod is connected to the change lever by a push-pull cable for the purpose of simplifying the structure and reducing the price.
With this push-pull cable connection, the degree of freedom in mounting on an automobile increases, and an operation from an oblique direction with respect to the axis of the operation rod, which has not been necessary so far, is required.
However, when a force to rotate the push rod from the push-pull cable is applied, the striker is slidably inserted into the long hole of the lever. (Fall down).
If the striker, piston rod, and operation rod as a whole rotate with respect to the lever, the lever cannot obtain the desired stroke amount, and therefore the transmission operating booster cannot shift appropriately.

  The objective of this invention is providing the booster for transmission operation which can prevent rotation with respect to the lever of the striker, the piston rod, and the whole operation rod.

Typical means for solving the above-described problems are as follows.
(1) a cylinder device controlled by a control valve;
A hollow piston rod slidably disposed in a cylinder chamber of the cylinder device;
An operating rod that is slidably disposed within the piston rod and is coupled to the change lever via a coupling means;
A striker attached to the piston rod;
A pivot shaft connected to a shift fork for shifting the transmission;
A lever having a long hole fixed to the rotating shaft and in which the striker is slidably fitted;
In a transmission operation booster equipped with
A transmission operating booster, wherein the striker is provided with a fall prevention member that is in sliding contact with a side surface of the lever.
(2) The transmission operating booster according to (1), wherein the falling prevention member is a spacer fitted to the striker.
(3) The transmission operation according to (1), wherein the fall prevention member is a collar that is slidably fitted to the striker and sandwiches a long hole opening edge of the lever. Boost device.

  According to the above-described means, it is possible to prevent the striker, the piston rod, and the entire operation rod from rotating with respect to the lever.

1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a transmission operating booster that is a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the principal part by making a part a cross section. It is sectional drawing which follows the III-III line of FIG. It is sectional drawing equivalent to FIG. 3 which shows the principal part of the booster for transmission operation which is 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the VV line of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the transmission operating booster according to the present invention is mounted on a large vehicle such as a bus or a truck.
As shown in FIG. 1, a transmission operating booster 10 according to this embodiment includes an operating rod 11 as an input shaft and a piston rod 13 as an output shaft. The operating rod 11 is connected to the change lever 1 via a push-pull cable 2 as connecting means. A striker 3 is attached to the outer periphery of the piston rod 13, and the striker 3 is connected to a shift fork 8 via a first lever 4, a rotating shaft 5, a second lever 6, and a shift rail 7.
Specifically, the first lever 4 is fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 5, and the striker 3 is inserted into the elongated hole 4 a of the first lever 4. The second lever 6 is attached to an intermediate portion of the rotating shaft 5 via a spline (not shown), and a tip portion thereof is engaged with the shift jaw 9. The shift jaw 9 and the shift fork 8 are integrally attached to the shift rail 7, and the movement of the second lever 6 is transmitted to the shift fork 8 via the shift rail 7.
A plurality of similar shift rails (not shown) are arranged on the side of the shift rail 7 in parallel with each other, and the second lever 6 rotates via the link mechanism in accordance with the selection operation of the change lever 1. It slides along the moving shaft 5 and engages with another shift jaw.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transmission operating booster 10 includes a cylinder device 12 formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. A hollow piston rod 13 is slidably disposed in the cylinder chamber of the cylinder device 12. An operation rod 11 is slidably disposed in the hollow portion of the piston rod 13 in the axial direction, and a striker 3 is attached to the outer peripheral surface.
In the striker 3, the piston rod 13, and the operation rod 11, a shaft-like member 14 penetrating them is disposed perpendicular to the axial direction of the operation rod 11. For this reason, the piston rod 13 is provided with a pair of through-holes 15 and 16 formed in substantially the same size as the outer diameter of the shaft-like member 14 along a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.
Further, the operation rod 11 is provided with a pair of long holes 17 and 18 extending in the axial direction at positions substantially corresponding to the through holes 15 and 16 of the piston rod 13. Accordingly, the piston rod 13 can be moved in the left-right direction in the figure until only the operating rod 11 contacts the shaft-like member 14.

On the other hand, the striker 3 includes a base portion 21 and a cylindrical portion 22, and the base portion 21 is inserted into the elongated hole 4 a of the first lever 4. A mounting hole 23 formed larger than the outer diameter of the shaft-shaped member 14 is provided inside the base portion 21, and formed inside the cylindrical portion 22 so as to be approximately the same size as the outer diameter of the shaft-shaped member 14. An insertion hole 24 and an insertion hole 25 are provided coaxially with the mounting hole 23. The cylindrical portion 22 of the striker 3 is attached in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 13.
The shaft-like member 14 is formed to have a length that can be accommodated in the striker 3, and the upper end portion is engaged with a snap ring 26 attached to the base portion 21 of the striker 3 so that it does not come out of the striker 3.

  The shaft member 14 is incorporated in the mounting hole 23, the insertion hole 24 and the insertion hole 25 of the striker 3, the through holes 15 and 16 of the piston rod 13, and the long holes 17 and 18 of the operation rod 11. And the piston rod 13 and between the piston rod 13 and the striker 3, the relative rotation between the operation rod 11 and the piston rod 13 and the relative rotation between the piston rod 13 and the striker 3 are performed. It will be regulated.

  A connecting member 28 is attached to the end of the operating rod 11, and the operating rod 11 is connected to the change lever 1 on the driver's seat side via the connecting member 28 and the push-pull cable 2. Therefore, when the change lever 1 is shifted, the operation rod 11 is moved in the left-right direction in the figure. When the shift operation by the change lever 1 is released, the operation rod 11 is moved to the piston rod by the neutral position return means not shown. 13 is configured to be automatically returned to the neutral position (position shown in FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 3, a spacer 30 as a fall prevention member is press-fitted on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 22 of the striker 3, and the first lever 4 is fitted with a long hole 4 a outside the spacer 30. Are in sliding contact. The spacer 30 is formed in a circular ring shape, and the inner diameter is set to a size for press-fitting into the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 22, and the outer diameter is set larger than the length of the long axis of the long hole 4a.

Next, the operation of the transmission operating booster 10 according to the above configuration will be described.
When the change lever 1 is operated, this shift operating force is transmitted to the operating rod 11 via the push-pull cable 2 and the connecting member 28. Therefore, for example, only the operating rod 11 is pulled rightward in FIG. It moves in the same direction with respect to the stationary piston rod 13 until the wall surfaces 17 and 18 abut against the shaft-like member 14.
As a result, air pressure in the right direction acts on the piston rod 13, so that the piston rod 13 moves in the same direction together with the operation rod 11 and the shaft-like member 14. Further, since the striker 3 also moves to the right together with the piston rod 13, the first lever 4, transmission shaft 5, second lever 6, shift jaw 9 and shift fork 8 connected to the striker 3 are operated. A predetermined shift operation is performed.

  Even if turning force is applied to the piston rod 13 during the shift operation of the change lever 1, the piston rod 13 is prevented from rotating with respect to the striker 3 by the shaft-like member 14, and the operation rod 11 is also a shaft. Since the rotation with respect to the piston rod 13 is prevented by the shaped member 14, no turning force is generated in the operating rod 11.

By the way, when the spacer 30 is not press-fitted into the striker 3, when a force for rotating the push-pull cable 2 to the operation rod 11 is applied during the shift operation of the change lever 1, the striker 3 is moved to the first lever 4. 3, the striker 3, the piston rod 13, and the entire operation rod 11 integrated by the shaft-like member 14 are shown by imaginary lines in FIG. 3. It will turn (fall down).
In the present embodiment, the spacer 30 is press-fitted into the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 22 of the striker 3 and the spacer 30 is in sliding contact with the opening edge of the elongated hole 4a of the first lever 4. During the operation, a force for rotating the push-pull cable 2 to the operation rod 11 acts, so that the striker 3, the piston rod 13 and the entire operation rod 11 fall down as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. Even so, the spacer 30 is kept in sliding contact with the first lever 4 to prevent falling.

As described above, in the transmission operating booster according to the present embodiment, the striker 3, the piston rod 13, and the entire operation rod 11 can be prevented from falling down with respect to the first lever 4, so that the shift of the change lever can be prevented. Even in a vehicle that transmits operating force to the operating rod via a push-pull cable or the like, the transmission can be controlled with a light shift operating force by preventing inclination of the push-pull cable or the like without providing a special rotation prevention device on the vehicle side. The shift operation can be performed properly, and the operability can be greatly improved.
In addition, in the transmission operation booster according to the present embodiment, the structure of the portion for extracting the transmission operation force boosted from the piston rod is simplified without impairing the rotation prevention function. In addition, the number of processing steps can be greatly reduced, and manufacturing can be performed at low cost.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
This embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that a collar 31 as a fall prevention member is slidably fitted on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 22 of the striker 3, and the collar 31 protrudes from one end portion of the collar 31. The portion 32 is in sliding contact with one side of the first lever 4, and the ring 34 fixed to the other end of the collar 31 with a snap ring 33 is in sliding contact with the other side of the first lever 4. .
According to the present embodiment, the collar 31 is slidably fitted on the outer periphery of the striker 3, and the flange portion 32 and the ring 34 sandwich the elongated hole 4 a opening edge portion of the first lever 4 from both sides. Therefore, the collar 31 can prevent the striker 3, the piston rod 13, and the entire operation rod 11 from falling down with respect to the first lever 4 more reliably, and the first lever 4 can prevent the operation rod 11 and the piston rod 13 from falling. It is also possible to cope with a transmission operating booster of the type that moves in parallel with respect to the transmission.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

  For example, the rotation prevention structure of the operation rod, piston rod, and striker during shift operation of the change lever is not limited to the structure in which the shaft-like member is inserted into the operation rod, piston rod, and striker. The structure etc. which are comprised so that rotation between rods and between a piston rod and a striker may be stopped separately may be sufficient.

The striker and the spacer may be formed integrally.
The spacer is not limited to being press-fitted into the striker, and the spacer may be slidably fitted into the striker.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Change lever, 2 ... Push pull cable, 3 ... Striker, 4 ... 1st lever, 4a ... Long hole, 5 ... Rotating shaft, 6 ... 2nd lever, 7 ... Shift rail, 8 ... Shift fork, 9 ... Shift jaw,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Booster device for transmission operation, 11 ... Operation rod, 12 ... Cylinder device, 13 ... Piston rod, 14 ... Shaft-shaped member, 15, 16 ... Through-hole, 17, 18 ... Long hole,
21 ... Base part, 22 ... Cylindrical part, 23 ... Mounting hole, 24 ... Insertion hole, 25 ... Insertion hole, 26 ... Snap ring, 28 ... Connecting member,
30: Spacer (falling prevention member),
31 ... Collar (falling prevention member), 32 ... collar part, 33 ... snap ring, 34 ... ring.

Claims (3)

A cylinder device controlled by a control valve;
A hollow piston rod slidably disposed in a cylinder chamber of the cylinder device;
An operating rod that is slidably disposed within the piston rod and is coupled to the change lever via a coupling means;
A striker attached to the piston rod;
A pivot shaft connected to a shift fork for shifting the transmission;
A lever having a long hole fixed to the rotating shaft and in which the striker is slidably fitted;
In a transmission operation booster equipped with
A transmission operating booster, wherein the striker is provided with a fall prevention member that is in sliding contact with a side surface of the lever.   The transmission operation booster according to claim 1, wherein the fall prevention member is a spacer fitted to the striker.   2. The transmission operating booster according to claim 1, wherein the falling prevention member is a collar that is slidably fitted to the striker and sandwiches a long hole opening edge of the lever. 3.

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