Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Akihiro Takezaki

Yasuo Hojo

Hideo Tomomatsu

Hideki Miyata

Yoji Matsumoto

Hiroki Shiomi

Haruo Tuge

Akinosuke Shindou

A shift device, which sends a command signal to an electric actuator for shifting a plurality of gear ranges of a transmission of a vehicle by the electric actuator. The gear ranges include a plurality of drive ranges and a parking range. A shift lever is arranged to move between a neutral position and a plurality of manipulation positions located about the neutral position. A restoration mechanism restores the shift lever to the neutral position. A first sensor electrically detects a manipulation performed to select one of the drive ranges. A second sensor electrically detects a manipulation performed to select the parking range. The first sensor detects toward which of the manipulation positions the shift lever is manipulated.

Shift device for vehicle

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Toyota, Japan

Akihiro Takezaki