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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 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, JP;
MANNOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
Shift device for vehicle includes housing and shift lever. Shift lever includes cylindrical shaft portion which proximal end is pivotably supported inside housing, cylindrical shaft portion having elongated holes extending through peripheral wall of cylindrical shaft portion and are elongated in longitudinal direction of cylindrical shaft portion, shift knob fixed to distal end of cylindrical shaft portion, detent pin inserted through elongated holes in state where both ends of detent pin protrude from corresponding elongated holes, detent rod inserted in cylindrical shaft portion, detent rod being configured to transmit operating force of operating button in shift knob to detent pin, and shift lock member. Detent pin is fitted to detent rod. When operating button has been operated in state where brake depression operation is not performed, shift lock member contacts with one end of detent pin to block movement of detent pin.