Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Tatsuya Michihiro

Noriyuki Suzuki

Etsuo Shimizu

Yuusaku Nishimura

Yoshiyuki Seki

Teruhisa Matsushita

Toshiki Nogami

A 2-L slider supported by a shaft so as to be slidable in a predetermined range substantially in a vehicle transverse direction that, when pressed by a shift lever which is being a select-operated to an &ldquo;L&rdquo; position, slides toward a detent wall against an urging force of a compression coil spring. At this time, a cam portion provided at the 2-L slider presses a press receiving block provided at a shift lock plate downward. Thus, a slider which slides with the shift lock plate moves downward. A position detecting mechanism detects that the slider has moved downward. The position detecting mechanism is not a mechanism specially provided for detecting select operation to the &ldquo;L&rdquo; position, but a mechanism for detecting whether or not the shift lever is positioned at a &ldquo;P&rdquo; position. Therefore, costs can be kept down.

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Toyota, Japan

Tatsuya Michihiro