Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

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Noriyasu Syamoto

Isamu Matsushima

Masaki Hayashi

Chikao Nagasaka

Noriyuki Suzuki

Masaki Fujita

Hirokazu Shamoto

Yutaka Suzuki

Katsushi Nagashima

Masashi Sakurai

Norihito Saito

Atsushi Mizutani

Masashi Kato

Yoshimasa Kunimatsu

Kenji Suzuki

Naoki Kamiya

Masahiko Ookawa

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 compact shift device for shifting gears of a vehicle transmission. The shift device includes a shift lever movable in a first direction and a second direction to shift the gears of the transmission. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. A first movable member is connected to the shift lever to move in cooperation with the shift lever for detecting the position of the shift lever in the first direction. A second movable member is connected to the shift lever to move in cooperation with the shift lever for detecting the position of the shift lever in the second direction. The first and second movable members move along the same plane.

A shift device has an operation member for operating a vehicular automatic transmission. The operation member is formed to conform to the shapes of a hand and fingers of a driver.

Shift device and switch device thereof for vehicle

A shift lock apparatus has a shift lever operated selectively in a first and second directions to switch a gear of a vehicle. The change gear is operated based the manual operation of the lever shifted in the first direction. The gear is automatically operated when the lever is shifted in the second direction. A lock member is rotatably supported around an axis extending perpendicular to a plane including lines each extending in the first direction and in the second direction. A plurality of regulating portions are disposed in said lock member. The regulating portion is capable of regulating the shift lever that moves in the first and the second directions.

Shift lock device

A transmission control device of a vehicle has a shifting body and detects the operating state of the shifting body. The transmission control device shifts the connecting state of the transmission based on the detection result. A parking lock state releasing apparatus for the vehicle includes a releasing switch, which is located in a passenger compartment. An ignition drive device generates gas by causing ignition in response to operation of the releasing switch. The parking lock state of the transmission is changed to the release state using the pressure of the gas.

Parking lock releasing device

A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle driven by an engine. The shift apparatus includes a plurality of shift selectors that are pushed. The shift selectors instruct the shifting of gears. A rotatable engine start actuator is arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selectors to start the engine when rotated. A confirmation device confirms that the person operating the shift apparatus is an authorized user. A first enabling device enables the rotation of the engine start actuator based on the confirmation result of the confirmation device.

Shift apparatus for vehicles

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.

The lever body includes a recess (receiver) defined by an upper plate and the projections as shown in FIG. A notch is formed in the upper plate (see FIG. ). The notch permits the first locking piece to move from its retreating position to the operating position in the recess The dimension of the notch in the Y direction (the width of the notch ) and the dimension of the notch in the notch X direction (the depth of the notch ) are both shorter than the corresponding dimensions of the recess The upper plate functions as a prohibiting member.

Shift lever device

A shift device is located on an installing portion in the passenger compartment of a vehicle for selecting the connection state of the gear train of the transmission. The shift device includes a case, manipulation body, and a first detecting member. The manipulation body is manipulated to select the connection state of the transmission. The manipulation body is arranged to be selectively projected from the case. The first detecting member detects the connection state selected by the manipulation body.

Shift device for vehicle

A shift device including a key cylinder and a shift lever is disclosed. The key cylinder is located adjacent to the shift lever. The key cylinder receives a key corresponding to the key cylinder. When the key is located at the ON position, the key cylinder generates an engine driving signal to an engine ECU. A stopping mechanism is located between the key cylinder and the shift lever for selectively stopping the movement of the shift lever depending on the selected key position.

A shift apparatus for shifting gears in a vehicle. The shift apparatus includes a shift selector rotated between a plurality of predetermined positions to instruct the shifting of gears in accordance with the position of the shift selector. A controller confirms whether the person operating the shift apparatus is the proper user and excites and de-excites a solenoid to lock and unlock the shift selector. An engine start actuator is arranged at substantially the same location as the shift selector to instruct the starting of the engine when pushed.

The present invention provides a shift lever apparatus which shifts a shift lever connected to a transmission of a vehicle, and thereby, changes a shift range to a specific shift range from among a plurality of shift ranges preset in the transmission corresponding to the position to which the shift lever has been shifted, comprising: a key device which is provided at a side the shift lever and adjacent to the shift lever, and which holds an ignition key inserted therein so that the ignition key is rotatable, and restricts the removal of the ignition key at a rotation position other than a predetermined removal position; and a lock link which restricts the rotation of the ignition key to the removal position in the key device, and is displaced by a predetermined operation of the shift lever at a specific shift position corresponding to a specific shift range from among the plurality of shift ranges so as to release the restriction of the rotation of the ignition key.

Shift lever apparatus

When a shift lever is moved in the transverse direction of a vehicle to a &ldquo;P&rdquo; range, a driving lever which is pressed by the shift lever is moved to a released position and a slide member, which is connected to the driving lever via a wire connecting mechanism, is moved to a position at which a lock pin is separated from a lock cam. Further, when the shift lever is taken out of the &ldquo;P&rdquo; range, the driving lever is moved to a restricted position due to the urging force of a torsion spring, and the slide member is moved to a position at which the lock pin is engaged with the lock cam. In this way, mechanical operating force is directly supplied to a key interlock mechanism such that the structure of the key interlock mechanism is simplified.

Detent protrusions,disposed at a detent rod,of a shift lever,are molded so as to be integrated with the detent rod,in such a manner that the cross section of a portion of each of the detent protrusions,connected to the detent rod,, taken along a direction substantially intersecting the direction in which each of the detent protrusions,protrudes, is larger, as compared to cross sections of other portions of the detent protrusion,, than the portion of the detent protrusion,connected to the detent rod,. As a result, even when the detent protrusions,and the detent rod,are molded from a synthetic resin so as to be integrated with each other, the detent protrusion,ensures the same strength as a conventional detent pin is achieved.

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Aichi, Japan

Noriyasu Syamoto