This invention relates to a shift
actuator, comprising: a support (2); a rotating member (4) mounted to rotate about a rotation axis relative to the support (2); an
electric motor for rotating the rotating member; a shift fork (30) mounted to pivot about a pivot axis (22) parallel to the rotation axis; a
cam (10) having a
cam protrusion (12) including a apex (14) and connected to rotate with the rotating member (4), but freely displaceable in a linear direction defined by a line perpendicular to the rotation axis to overcome the bias of a spring (40) to move the
cam protrusion apex (14) closer to the rotation axis, the spring (40) biasing the cam protrusion apex (14) away from the rotation axis to an extended position; and a
cam follower (38) disposed on the shift fork (30) and configured to engage with the cam protrusion (12) such that... When the cam protrusion applies force on the
cam follower (38), the
resultant force causes the shift fork (30) to pivot from the
neutral position to the shift position; the
control unit (50) is configured to control the
electric motor; characterized in that the sensor (60) is connected to the
control unit (50) and configured to detect when the shift fork (30) has reached the shift position, the cam (10) is provided with a protruding cam stop (20), and the
control unit (50) is configured to, upon receiving a sensor
signal indicating that the shift fork (30) has reached the shift position, control the
electric motor (4) to rotate the cam (10) by another predetermined angle so that the cam (10) moves to the blocking position, in which the cam stop (20) is juxtaposed with a fixed stop (8) fixed relative to the support (2) to block the
linear displacement of the cam (10) against the bias of the spring.