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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1995
Hideaki Ito, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigetoshi Tomida, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A shift lever device housing having a plate; an opening portion in said housing exposing a portion of a surface of the plate; a pair of guide rails provided at transverse opposite sides of the opening portion, each guide rail of the pair of guide rails guiding and supporting the plate which is inserted between the pair of guide rails along a longitudinal direction of the plate; and a guide member provided at a plate insertion side of the opening portion for supporting transverse end portions of the plate as the plate is inserted between the guide rails. The device prevents the portions of the plate exposed by the opening from becoming scratched during the insertion operation.