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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Yoshifumi Kamei, Okazaki, JP;
Etsuo Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Takayoshi Masuda, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shindo, Niwa-gun, JP;
Yasunori Takeuchi, Chita-gun, JP;
Shinichi Uemura, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshifumi Kamei, Okazaki, JP;
Etsuo Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Takayoshi Masuda, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shindo, Niwa-gun, JP;
Yasunori Takeuchi, Chita-gun, JP;
Shinichi Uemura, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Mannoh Kogyo Co., Ltd., Anjo-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Niwa-gun, JP;
Tsuda Industries Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular shift lock device including (a) a shift lock member movable between a locking position which is located on a predetermined path of movement of a shift lever from one operating position to another operating position and in which the shift lock member inhibits the movement of the shift lever, and an unlocking position which is spaced from the locking position and in which the shift lock member permits the movement of the shift lever, and (b) a guide member which guides the shift lever so as to move along the predetermined path of movement, wherein the guide member defines the locking position of the shift lock member when the shift lock member is moved in a direction intersecting the predetermined path of movement of said shift lever.