Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideaki Hayakawa

Atsushi Kamada

Yusuke Nakade

Daisuke Kato

Haruyuki Kodera

Hidetaka Nomura

Kazumi Endo

A shift device is provided with a shift lever, a parking switch, and a neutral switch. A transmission is switched to a range, in which the transmission of driving force to driving wheels of a vehicle is started, by the shift lever being operated in two or more directions from a home position and arriving at a specific position. The transmission is switched to a range, in which the transmission of driving force to the driving wheels of the vehicle is interrupted, by the parking switch and the neutral switch being operated in one direction.

Shift switching device

A switch member comprising a convex knob portion on which the finger of an operator catches, wherein the knob portion is retained such that it is pivotable around a pivot shaft, a base surface of the knob portion is configured as a curved convex surface, wherein the curved convex surface is configured as a surface whose radius of curvature gradually becomes larger in a pulling direction of the finger catching on the knob portion, is provided.

Switch member and power window switch disposed with the switch member

Growing community of inventors

Aichi, Japan

Hideaki Hayakawa