Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Akio Morita

Yoshiharu Saito

Atsushi Komatsu

Tomohiro Sakuraba

Kotaro Hiramine

Yoshinori Furusawa

Shusaku Noguchi

Yasushi Ohkawa

Makirou Ishimoto

In an automatic transmission, a shift lever is operable to move to one of a plurality of shift positions corresponding to ranges established as selectable options. The plurality of shift positions are each configured as one of a momentary position allowing the shift lever to automatically return to a home position and a retention position allowing the shift lever to be held therein. A return mechanism for causing the shift lever held in the retention position to return to the home position is provided. The return mechanism is enabled on one of conditions that the parking switch be turned on and that an ignition switch be turned off. In a manual transmission, a return mechanism for causing the shift lever held in a gear stage to return to a home position is provided, and the return mechanism is enabled on condition that an ignition switch be turned off.

Gearshift device and method of controlling same

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Wako, Japan

Akio Morita