Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshinobu Yokoyama

Shoichi Harada

Etsuo Shimizu

Shozo Kito

Tadao Muramatsu

Hajime Imai

Syuzi Nakamura

Masashi Kato

Yoshiyuki Seki

Kenji Suzuki

Kenichi Kako

Shigetoshi Miyoshi

Shosaku Watarai

Eiji Yamada

Tatsuya Aoki

Haruyuki Kitajima

Junichi Kira

Shingetoshi Miyoshi

A shift lever device for operating a vehicle mounted transmission by pivoting operation of a shift lever about a predetermined axis is disclosed, and in this shift lever device, a housing is configured by a first housing member that is disposed on one side of the shift lever in a predetermined direction and a second housing member that assemblable to the first housing member along the predetermined direction from the side of the shift lever opposite to the side facing the first housing member with the shift lever therebetween, and the shift lever is axially supported inside the housing such that the shift lever is pivotable about an axis whose axial direction is the predetermined direction.

Shift lever device

An illuminated indicator and a method of manufacturing the illuminated indicator that can make black the color of an indicator mark formed by irradiation with laser light are provided. In a shift position indicator panel, part of a light-blocking coating material layer and a design coating material layer is removed by irradiation with laser light, and part of an indicator coating material layer, which is created as a result of coating materials of three primary colors being mixed together, is exposed, whereby an indicator mark is formed. As long as the mixed coating material configuring the indicator coating material layer is made black by toning resulting from mixing coating materials of three primary colors, the color of the indicator mark also becomes black.

Illuminated indicator and method of manufacturing the illuminated indicator

Because a shift lever deviceuses attracting force of a fixed iron coreA,A of a magnetor an electromagnetin switching between a lock state and an unlock state at a shift lock mechanismand a key interlock mechanism, the mechanisms can be made compact. When a shift leveris changed from a 'D' shift position to a '4' shift position and when the shift leveris changed from a &#x201c;2&#x201d; shift position to an &#x201c;L&#x201d; shift position, a linkis rotated in a same direction. Thus, a sliding direction of a sliderwhich detects a rotational position of the linkis only one, and a placement size of a detecting membercan be made small and the device can be made compact. Because the shift lock unitis equipped integrally with shift lock mechanism, and the link, the sliderand the detecting memberof a sensing mechanism, the shift lock unitcan be made compact.

Lock mechanism, shift lever device, and shift lock unit

A gate-type shift lever device having a stopper which is disposed so as to prevent the movement of a shift lever positioned in one of the P shift range and N shift range and which, in this case, prevents the movement of the shift lever positioned in the P shift range to other shift ranges than the P shift range, and the movement of the shift lever positioned in the N shift range to the R shift range. This makes it possible to reliably set a shift lever in a shift lock state under a specific condition without effecting a pushing operation of a shift lever knob and by a simple structure.

A lighting device for a zigzag-operated shift lever, wherein an indicator plate is light-transmissible, the indicator plate has a two-layer structure having an upper member, in which the upper surface other than the area of a position indicator is shaded and the position indicator is illuminated by lighting means, and a lower member, in which the light from the lighting means is transmitted to the peripheral portion of a operation groove at the indicator plate so that the peripheral portion of the operation groove is illuminated. A portion of the light from the lighting means passes through the upper member so that the position indicator is illuminated. Because nothing shades the upper surface of the lower member, the remaining portion of the light is repeatedly reflected by the border between the upper and lower members and by the lower surface of the lower member. The light is transmitted to the peripheral portion of the operation groove within the lower member. As a result, the area of the position indicator, the side surfaces of the operation groove at the driver's seat side and the front passenger's seat side are illuminated.

Lighting device for zigzag-operated shift lever

Disclosed herein is a shift lever device for an automatic transmission for use in a vehicle such as an automobile, etc. A female connector is disposed in a position inwardly away from the outer periphery of a shift lever and laid on an axially-extending portion thereof. In addition, the female connector is held in position by a connector support disposed below the female connector. A knob is inserted into and fixed to one end of the shift lever. A male connector and a switch are fixed to an intermediate portion of the knob. When the knob is inserted into the shift lever, the male connector is disposed in such a way as to be fitted into the female connector. It is therefore possible to form the knob so as to cover the one end of the shift lever on a small scale.

Shift lever device for automatic transmission

Disclosed herein is a structure for mounting a base plate made of a synthetic resin on the floor of a vehicle, the base plate being used to support thereon a shift lever mechanism of an automatic transmission. This type of structure includes metallic cylindrical collars each having a diameter larger than the maximum dimension of any one of a plurality of through holes among which holes of different diameters are included, and formed with at least one projecting portion at one end thereof, and a plurality of storage recesses respectively disposed around each of the plurality of through holes on the base plate, and having through cuts in which the collars are accommodated and into which the projecting portions are inserted, the through cuts extending through the base plate. Thus, the metallic cylindrical collars, which are identical in shape and size, can be accommodated in all the storage recesses, regardless of the shape or size of their corresponding through holes.

Structure for mounting a base plate made of synthetic resin and having a

An automatic shift lever locking device is capable of locking the shift of an automatic transmission in a specific non-driving shift position against movement from this position unless a predetermined condition is met. The device has a detent pin provided on the shift lever and movable in response to pressing of a push button on the shift lever, a movable member engageable with the detent pin, and a lock member engageable with the movable member so as to prevent the detent pin from moving out of a lock position thereby to maintain the shift lever locked in the non-driving position. Therefore, when the shift lever is not locked, the manual force exerted by the driver on the push button is not transmitted to the lock members and other parts mechanically or electrically connected to the lock member.

Device for locking shift lever of automatic transmission

An automatic shift lever locking device is capable of locking the shift lever of an automatic transmission in a specific non-driving shift position against movement from this position unless a predetermined condition is met. The device has a detent pin provided on the shift lever and movable in response to pressing of a push button on the shift lever, a movable member engageable with the detent pin, and a lock member engageable with the movable member so as to prevent the detent pin from moving out of a lock position thereby to maintain the shift lever locked in the non-driving position. Therefore, when the shift lever is not locked, the manual force exerted by the driver on the push button is not transmitted to the lock members and other parts mechanically connected to the lock member.

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Aichi, Japan

Yoshinobu Yokoyama