JPH065200B2 - Manual transmission Shift Feeling Automatic shift coupling device for automatic judgment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automatic shift coupling device in an automatic determination system for automatically determining the shift feeling of a manual transmission.

[Conventional technology]

In the manual transmission production line,
As a means for connecting a transmission to a device for determining the quality of the shift feeling, an operator generally sets (connects) the transmissions one by one.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when the operator sets the transmissions one by one as described above, there is a problem that the setting work takes time and the work efficiency is very poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of a manual transmission shift feeling for automating transmission setting work to improve work efficiency. The purpose is to

[Means for solving problems]

Therefore, the automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of the manual transmission shift feeling according to the present invention includes an input shaft motor connected to the input shaft of the manual transmission and driving the same, and an output shaft connected to the output shaft of the transmission. A manual transmission shift feeling that includes a driven output shaft motor and determines the quality of the transmission based on the signals obtained from the strain sensor attached to the shift lever during the shift / select operation and the input shaft motor and the output shaft motor. In the determination system, two locking rods are provided at the other ends of the shift rod and the select rod, one end of which is connected to the shift operating lever and the select operating lever of the transmission, respectively. , 2 meshing with each Dokakaritomebo
Two connecting blocks, a supporting rod supporting each of the connecting blocks, a supporting rod supporting the supporting rods by restricting the rotation thereof and allowing sliding in the axial direction, and extending the connecting block to the locking rod. It is characterized in that it is provided with a bearing for guiding the delivery, and a shift wire and a select wire which are respectively connected to the respective support rods and slide the support rods in accordance with a shift / select operation.

[Action]

In the above-described automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of the manual transmission shift feeling of the present invention, when the transmission mounted on the operation pallet is set in the shift feeling determination system, the support rod is guided by the bearing and the locking rod side. The connecting block engages with the locking rod, and the shift wire and the select wire are driven to control the shift operating lever and the select operating lever via the shift rod and the select rod.

〔Example〕

An automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of a manual transmission shift feeling according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view showing the ball spline shaft and the bearing, FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part of FIG. 3, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are front and side views showing the operating pallet, respectively. FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view showing a linear slider and a shift rod (or a select rod), FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a manual transmission shift feeling determination system. It is a figure.

First, an outline of a manual transmission shift feeling automatic judging system incorporating the automatic shift coupling device of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the system is mainly connected to the input shaft of the manual transmission 1. The input shaft motor 2 that drives the transmission 1, the output shaft motor 3 that is connected to the output shaft of the transmission 1 and is driven by the output shaft, and the shift lever 4 of the transmission 1 are gripped to perform a shift / select operation with a stable force. An automatic shift device 5, an operation pallet 6 that carries a transmission 1 to transfer a work line, and an automatic shift connection of the present invention that automatically connects the transmission 1 and the automatic shift device 5 mounted on the operation pallet 6 The device 7 and the shift lever 4 are attached to the same lever 4 A strain sensor 8 for detecting a strain, a data processing device 9 for determining the quality of the transmission 1 based on each signal obtained from the strain sensor 8, the input shaft motor 2 and the output shaft motor 3, and a pattern for driving the automatic shift device 5 It is composed of an NC controller 29 for controlling.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the operation pallet 6 is mainly a flat pallet 45 to which the transmission 1 is directly attached to transfer the assembly line, and the transmission 1 is attached to the flat pallet 45 together and transferred to an automatic determination system. L
And a pallet 46. Flat pallet 45
Is inserted between the upper and lower support rails 47 and 48 having an L-shaped cross section, which are attached to the L pallet 46.
Rough positioning is performed with 9, 50, and fixed with fixing bolts 51, 52. Reference numeral 53 in FIG.
54 is a knock hole of the flat pallet 45, and symbols 55 and 56 are L
The knock holes of the pallet 46 are shown respectively, and the operating pallet 6 (flat pallet 45 and L
With the pallet 46) set, each knock hole 53
2 to 56, a two-stage lock member (not shown) extends, and a clamp device (not shown) restrains the transmission 1 to accurately position the transmission 1.

Two linear sliders 64 and 65 are provided in parallel on the other portion (upper left side in FIG. 5) of the L pallet 46 excluding the portion occupied by the flat pallet 45.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the linear sliders 64 and 65 are attached to the shift operation lever 66 and the selection operation lever 68 (see FIG. 9) of the transmission 1 via mounting fittings 67a (69) a. A shift rod 67 and a select rod 6 made of aluminum, which are connected to each other.
9 are respectively connected. Further, the linear sliders 64 and 65 are provided with locking rods 70 and 71, respectively, on the opposite sides of the shift rod 67 and the select rod 69.

Further, the automatic shift coupling device 7, as shown in FIG.
The operating pallet 6 is provided so as to face the linear sliders 64, 65 of the operating pallet 6 in a state of being set in the automatic determination system. The overall configuration of the automatic shift coupling device 7 is mainly composed of a base 80, a cylinder 81 provided on the upper side of the base 80, and a linear slider 64, 6 of the operating pallet 6 by a cylinder 81 provided on the upper side of the base 80.
The slide coupling portion 82 extends toward 5 and is coupled to the locking rods 70 and 71.

The slide coupling portion 82 is as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 83 in FIG. 2 denotes a slide plate that slides on the upper side of the base 80. The slide plate 83 is extended by the cylinder 81 toward the locking rods 70, 71. Ball spline bearings 84 and 85 are attached to both sides of the slide plate 83.
Ball spline shaft 86 as a support rod fitted in 5,
The shift wire 39 and the select wire 41 from the shift lever 4 are connected to the base end portion of 87 via connecting metal fittings 88 and 89. At the tips of the ball spline shafts 86 and 87, coupling blocks 90 and 91 that fit with the locking rods 70 and 71 and are coupled to each other are attached.
As a result, the bearings 84 and 85 are connected to the ball spline shaft 86 and
By restricting the rotation of 87 and allowing the sliding in the axial direction, the extension movement of the connecting blocks 90, 91 to the locking rods 70, 71 is guided.

Further, support plates 92 and 93 are attached to the base ends of the ball spline shafts 86 and 87, and cylinders 94 and 95 are attached to the support plates 92 and 93. This cylinder 94,9
5, the wedge rods 96a, 9 are attached to the tips of the piston rods 96, 97.
7a is formed and fitted in the coupling blocks 90, 91. In the coupling blocks 90 and 91, coupling pins 100,
101 is wedged by the springs 102 and 103.
The connecting pins 100, 101 are urged toward the 7a side and the wedge portions 96a, 97a extend so that the coupling pins 100, 101 engage the concave ring portion 70 of the locking rods 70, 71.
a, 71a meshing with connecting blocks 90, 91 and locking rods 70,
71 are coupled to each other.

The ball spline bearings 84 and 85 and the ball spline shafts 86 and 87 are configured as shown in FIGS. On the inner peripheral surface of the ball spline bearings 84 and 85,
Six annular grooves 106, which are long in the axial direction, are formed, and balls 107 ... Are inserted in each of them. The ball spline shafts 86, 87 are formed on the outer periphery thereof with three protrusions 108 ... Elongated in the axial direction at equal intervals, and the protrusions 108. It is configured to slide smoothly in the axial direction.

In the automatic shift coupling device 7 configured as described above, when the operation pallet 6 is set in the automatic determination system, the cylinder 81 pushes the slide plate 83 of the slide coupling portion 82 to lock the coupling blocks 90 and 91 to the locking rod 70. , 71. Then, the cylinders 94, 95 are replaced by their wedge portions 96a, 97.
a is extended to connect the connecting pins 100 and 101 to the locking rods 70 and 7.
The concave block portions 70a, 71a of the first mesh with the coupling block 90,
91 and the locking rods 70, 71 are connected to each other.

The shift lever 4 driven by the automatic shift device 5 controls the shift operation lever 66 via the shift wire 39, the connecting block 90, the locking rod 70 and the shift rod 67, and the select wire 41 and the connecting block 91. The shift operation lever 68 is controlled via the locking rod 71 and the select rod 69.

In the automatic shift coupling device 7 of the present invention, since the transmission 1 of the driving pallet 6 and the automatic shift device 5 can be automatically connected as described above, it is necessary to set the transmission 1 in the automatic determination system. Time is greatly reduced and work efficiency is improved.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above in detail, according to the automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of manual shift feeling of the present invention, the transmission can be set in the automatic shift feeling determination system in a short time, and the working efficiency is greatly improved. There are advantages.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 9 show an automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of a manual transmission shift feeling according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire structure, and FIG. 2 is a main part thereof. FIG. 3 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view showing the ball spline shaft and bearings, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of FIG. 3, and FIGS. Figures and 7 show linear slider and shift rod (or select rod)
FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view showing FIG.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a manual transmission shift feeling automatic determination system. 1 ... Manual transmission, 2 ... Input shaft motor, 3 ... Output shaft motor, 4 ... Shift lever, 5 ...
... Automatic shift device, 6 ... Operation pallet, 7 ... Automatic shift coupling device, 8 ... Strain sensor, 9 ... Data processing device, 29 ... NC controller, 45 ... Flat pallet,
46 ... L pallet, 47 ... Upper support rail, 48 ...
... Lower support rails, 49, 50 ... Stoppers, 64, 6
5: Linear slider, 66: Shift operation lever, 6
7 ... Shift rod, 68 ... Select control lever, 6
9 ... Select rod, 70, 71 ... Locking rod, 70a,
71a: concave ring portion, 80: base, 81: cylinder,
82 ... slide coupling part, 83 ... slide plate, 84,
85 ... Ball spline bearing, 86,87 ... Ball spline shaft, 88,89 ... Connecting fitting, 90,91 ...
... Coupling block, 92,93 ... Support plate, 94,95 ...
... Cylinder, 96,97 ... Piston rod, 96a, 9
7a ... Wedge of piston rod 96, 97, 100, 1
01 …… Coupling pin.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input shaft motor connected to an input shaft of a manual transmission for driving the transmission, and an output shaft motor connected to the output shaft of the transmission and driven by the output shaft, which are provided during a shift / select operation. In a manual transmission shift feeling determination system that determines the quality of the transmission based on the signals obtained from the strain sensor attached to the shift lever and the input shaft motor and the output shaft motor, one end of the shift operation lever of the transmission and the select operation Two locking rods provided at the other ends of the shift rod and the select rod, which are respectively connected to the levers, two coupling blocks that mesh with the locking rods, and support the coupling blocks, respectively. A support rod, a bearing that supports the support rod by restricting its rotation and allows sliding in the axial direction, and guides the extension movement of the coupling block to the locking rod; An automatic shift coupling device for automatic determination of a manual transmission shift feeling, which is equipped with a shift wire and a select wire that are connected to each other and slide the support rod in accordance with a shift / select operation.