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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Yoshiyuki Seki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiki Nogami, Aichi-ken, JP;
Noriyuki Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Etsuo Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Michihiro, Toyota, JP;
Yuusaku Nishimura, Toyota, JP;
Teruhisa Matsushita, Toyota, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A 2-L slider supported by a shaft so as to be slidable in a predetermined range substantially in a vehicle transverse direction that, when pressed by a shift lever which is being a select-operated to an “L” position, slides toward a detent wall against an urging force of a compression coil spring. At this time, a cam portion provided at the 2-L slider presses a press receiving block provided at a shift lock plate downward. Thus, a slider which slides with the shift lock plate moves downward. A position detecting mechanism detects that the slider has moved downward. The position detecting mechanism is not a mechanism specially provided for detecting select operation to the “L” position, but a mechanism for detecting whether or not the shift lever is positioned at a “P” position. Therefore, costs can be kept down.