Patent 7252609 was granted and assigned to Tsubakimoto Chain on August, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a lever for a transmission device comprising a lever body including a shoe and a support on the back of the shoe, the lever body is integrally molded of a synthetic resin, and a metal reinforcing plate is held on the support so that it extends along the longitudinal direction of the lever body. The lever body and the metal reinforcing plate are integrally formed by insert molding using the metal reinforcing plate as an insert fitting.