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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsuda Industries Co., Ltd., Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Niwa-gun, Aichi, JP;
Mannoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Anjo, Aichi, JP;
Shori Kato, Tajimi, JP;
Etsuo Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Takayoshi Kitahara, Nagoya, JP;
Saburo Kato, Toyota, JP;
Hironori Mizuno, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takayoshi Masuda, Anjo, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Inuyama, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
TSUDA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Niwa-gun, JP;
MANNOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A shift device includes a housing and a shift lever having a cylindrical shaft portion with a proximal end pivotably supported inside the housing, shaft portion elongated holes extending through a shaft portion peripheral wall and elongated in a shaft portion longitudinal direction, a shift knob fixed to a shaft portion distal end, a detent pin inserted through the elongated holes where both ends of the pin protrude from the elongated holes, and a detent rod inserted in the shaft portion, the rod transmitting operating force of an operating button in the knob to the pin. The pin has a fitting protrusion protruded toward the rod. The rod has a fitting hole at its end. The protrusion is fitted in the fitting hole. A retaining pawl engaged with an engaging recess provided in the pin or engaged with one of the elongated holes is provided at the rod end.