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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shift control device for a transmission mechanism for a motor vehicle having a shift control lever provided in the vicinity of a steering wheel for column shifting, a steering shaft movable in response to the operation of the steering wheel and a shift shaft rotatable when the shift control lever is operated in a first direction d and axially movable when the shift control lever is operated in a second direction which is different from the first direction, wherein an axial direction S of the shift shaft is different from an axial direction S of the steering shaft Accordingly, it is possible to provide a transmission mechanism shift control device for preventing the occurrence of a gear shift that the driver does not intend and improving further the operability thereof.