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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2022
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sato, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shift device according to one embodiment includes a case having a cylindrical portion; a shift lever configured to include a base portion provided to be rotatable inside the cylindrical portion, with which an operator performs a rotation operation; a shift position holding mechanism configured to hold the shift lever at a predetermined shift position; and an elastic member configured to protrude from one of the cylindrical portion or the base portion so as to face another of the cylindrical portion or the base portion, and contact either an outer circumferential surface of the base portion or an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, to impose a rotational load on the shift lever.