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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Yoshimitsu Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Noritosi Hasumi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Uchijima, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shift control device for a transmission mechanism for a motor vehicle having a shift control leverprovided in the vicinity of a steering wheelfor column shifting, a steering shaftmovable in response to the operation of the steering wheel, and a shift shaftrotatable when the shift control leveris operated in a first direction dand axially movable when the shift control leveris operated in a second direction which is different from the first direction, wherein an axial direction Sof the shift shaftis different from an axial direction Sof 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.