Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Isamu Matsushima

Noriyasu Syamoto

Noriyuki Suzuki

Kenichi Kako

Noriyasu Shamoto

Keizo Fukuda

Teruaki Kitano

A shift lever device for operation of a transmission of a vehicle having a plurality of shift ranges is provided which includes a lever main body, a housing that movably supports the lever main body, a light source provided at one of the housing and the lever main body; a knob mounted to a distal end portion of the lever main body, and having a transmitting portion, a light guiding portion provided at the knob and guiding light from the light source to the interior of the knob, and a light guiding control portion. The light guiding control portion includes a shutter member operatively connected to and movable with the lever main body which, when the lever main body is positioned at least at one specific shift position, does not block light from the light source to the knob transmitting portion, and which, when the lever main body is positioned at a position other than the specific shift position, is moved to a position blocking the light to the knob transmitting portion.

Shift lever device

A shift lever apparatus including a shift lever assembly, which is supported by a shaft that is disposed along the transverse direction of a vehicle, the lever assembly being operable in the longitudinal and the transverse directions of the vehicle, the apparatus including: a connection pin which is temporarily assembled when inserted along an axis thereof from one end of the shift lever assembly and the shaft into the lever assembly and the shaft, the connection pin becoming regularly assembled when rotated about the axis thereof from the temporarily assembled state, and which supports the lever assembly to be pivotable on the shaft in the transverse direction of the vehicle; and a fallout-preventing mechanism which is provided on the lever assembly to be engageable with the connection pin, and which prevents the connection pin from falling out from the lever assembly and the shaft by engaging the connection pin.

Shift lever apparatus

A shift device includes a housing, a shift lever, a sensor unit. The shift lever is moved forward and rearward, and leftward and rightward of the shift device for selecting the connection state of the transmission of a vehicle. The sensor unit is attached to the housing. The sensor unit includes a first MRE element, a second MRE element, a light sensor, a first microswitch, and a second microswitch, which are integrated. The first MRE element, the second MRE element, and the light sensor detect the position of the shift lever in the front-rear direction. The first and second microswitches detect the position of the shift lever in the left-right direction.

Shift device

A shift lock device for a shift lever of a shift apparatus includes a fixed plate having a shift gate that allows movement of the shift lever to each of the shift positions. A movable plate faces the fixed plate and is movable in a direction intersecting a moving direction of shift lever. The movable plate has a corresponding gate that has an area greater than the area of the shift gate. A solenoid is connected to the movable plate to move the movable plate between a first position and a second position. The corresponding gate of the movable plate allows movement of the shift lever to any shift position at the first position and restricts movement of the shift lever in cooperation with the fixed plate at the second position.

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Aichi, Japan

Isamu Matsushima