Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Aishin Aw Co., Ltd.

Tsutae Takeda

Masashi Hattori

Takeshi Inuzuka

Atsushi Tabata

Yutaka Taga

Yasuo Hojo

Masato Kaigawa

Takayuki Okada

Kazuyuki Suzuki

Yoshito Takeshita

Masahiro Yamaguchi

Takanori Wakasugi

Masahito Inaba

Tamotsu Miyoshi

Junichi Kurosaki

Akihiro Seki

A shift device includes a shift lever with an operating knob provided on the top thereof, a gate plate that defines shift patterns for an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode, and a first rotational center shaft and a second rotational center shaft for allowing the shift lever to be rotated in a front-to-rear direction and in a right-to-left direction, respectively, in accordance with the shift pattern of the gate plate. The gate plate is disposed apart from the knob of the shift lever, with the rotational center shafts passing between the gate plate and the knob. The length of the shift lever can be reduced so as to achieve a short stroke and a large shift lever pivot angle.

Vehicular automatic transmission shift device

A shift control system for an automatic transmission, comprising a shift unit for selecting by manipulating a shift lever an automatic shift mode, in which a gear stage is determined on the basis of a running state of a vehicle, and a manual shift mode in which a gear state is determined from an output signal based on the manipulation. The shift unit has a drive range capable of setting a plurality of forward gear stages and a plurality of range positions arrayed and includes: a first shift path for guiding the shift lever into the range positions; a second shift path intersecting the first shift path for guiding the shift lever; two third shift paths formed at the two end portions of the second shift path, the third shift paths having at their individual end portions gear stage positions for indicating the forward gear stages in the automatic shift mode and for guiding the shift lever; and a manual shift instructor for outputting a signal instructing a gear stage corresponding to the gear stage position when the shift lever is moved to the gear stage position. The shift control system comprises a gear stage setter for setting the gear stage which is instructed by the output signal of the manual shift instructor.

Shift control system for manually shiftable automatic transmission

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Miyazaki, Japan

Tsutae Takeda