Speed change control device of vehicular transmission

• US 8,037,779 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ieda, Yoshihisa, Tomoda, Akihiko, Shiozaki, Tomoo
• Primary Examiner(s): ADDIE, RAYMOND W
• Application Number:
  US11/905,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20080078265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 744/731, 744/731.2, 744/733.6, 744/733.7, 744/15, 744/25
• US Class Current: 74/473.36
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/2892 other gears, e.g. worm gears, for transmitting rotary motion to the output mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/32 Electric motors actuators or related electrical control means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 63/18 the final actuating mechanism comprising cams
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/2003 Electrical actuator
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20177 Particular element [e.g., shift fork, template, etc.]

Abstract

A speed change control device for a transmission of an internal combustion engine includes a driving means having an electric motor for rotatably driving a shift drum. The electric motor has a rotation axis orthogonal to an axis of a shift drum. A barrel cam having a cam groove rotates about an axis parallel to that of the electric motor. A transmission rotation member is interlocked and is coupled to the shift drum so as to be rotatable about the axis orthogonal to the rotation axis of the barrel cam. The transmission rotation member is provided with a plurality of engagement pins that selectively engages the cam groove. The resulting configuration allows the electric motor to be disposed inwardly with respect to an outermost side of the body of the internal combustion engine in the direction of the axis of a shift drum and improves the shift accuracy.

Claims

1. A speed change control device of a vehicular transmission in which shift forks for selectively establishing gear trains of a plurality of speed change stages arranged between main shafts transmitted with power from an internal combustion engine and a countershaft connected to drive wheels are engaged with lead grooves formed on an outer periphery of a shift drum, and in which a driving means including an electric motor and rotatably driving the shift drum with power exerted by the electric motor is connected to the shift drum;

wherein the driving means includes,

the electric motor having a rotation axis in a plane orthogonal to an axis of the shift drum;

a barrel cam that rotates about an axis parallel to the electric motor by power transmission from the electric motor and that has a cam groove formed on an outer periphery; and

a transmission rotation member interlocked and coupled to the shift drum so as to be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the rotation axis of the barrel cam and arranged with a plurality of engagement pins that selectively engages the cam groove.

2. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1,

wherein the internal combustion engine is mounted on a motorcycle with the axis of the shift drum lying in left and right direction.

3. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 2,

wherein the driving means is arranged adjacent to one end of the shift drum.

4. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission shaft that passes through the shift drum coaxially, the transmission shaft and the shift drum being rotatably mounted between side plates of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine.

5. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 4, wherein the transmission rotation member is mounted on one end of a transmission shaft in a position outside of the crankcase.

6. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1, further comprising a case member fixed to one side of a crankcase, the case member forming an operation chamber for accommodating the barrel cam and the transmission rotation member.

7. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 6, wherein the electric motor is mounted on a lid member attached to a forward side of the case member, and

wherein a motor shaft of the electric motor projects rearwardly from the electric motor into the operation chamber.

8. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1, wherein the electric motor is disposed in a position that is higher than the main shafts.

9. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1, wherein the shift drum is disposed in a position that is rearward with respect to the main shafts.

10. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 1, wherein the electric motor in mounted inwardly with respect to an outermost side position of the a main body of the internal combustion engine.

11. A speed change control device of a vehicular transmission in which shift forks for selectively establishing gear trains of a plurality of speed change stages arranged between main shafts transmitted with power from an internal combustion engine and a countershaft connected to drive wheels are engaged with lead grooves formed on an outer periphery of a shift drum, the speed control device comprising:

driving means including;

an electric motor having a rotation axis in a plane orthogonal to an axis of the shift drum, the electric motor connected to and rotatably driving the shift drum with power exerted by the electric motor;

a barrel cam having a cam groove formed on an outer periphery thereof that rotates about an axis parallel to the electric motor by power transmission from the electric motor; and

a transmission rotation member interlocked and coupled to the shift drum so as to be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the rotation axis of the barrel cam,

wherein the transmission rotation member includes multiple engagement pins that selectively engage the cam groove.

12. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11,

wherein the internal combustion engine is mounted on a motorcycle with the axis of the shift drum lying in left and right direction.

13. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 12,

wherein the driving means is arranged adjacent to one end of the shift drum.

14. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11, further comprising a transmission shaft that passes through the shift drum coaxially, the transmission shaft and the shift drum being rotatably mounted between side plates of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine.

15. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 14, wherein the transmission rotation member is mounted on one end of a transmission shaft in a position outside of the crankcase.

16. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11, further comprising a case member fixed to one side of a crankcase, the case member forming an operation chamber for accommodating the barrel cam and the transmission rotation member.

17. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 16, wherein the electric motor is mounted on a lid member attached to a forward side of the case member, and

wherein a motor shaft of the electric motor projects rearwardly from the electric motor into the operation chamber.

18. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11, wherein the electric motor is disposed in a position that is higher than the main shafts.

19. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11, wherein the shift drum is disposed in a position that is rearward with respect to the main shafts.

20. The speed change control device of the vehicular transmission according to claim 11, wherein the electric motor in mounted inwardly with respect to an outermost side position of the a main body of the internal combustion engine.