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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Shuji Nakamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shuji Nakamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a shift lever device, a first-link is held at a permitting-position due to a release button being operated. Therefore, when a shift lever is operated from a 'P' shift position, when a second-link is pushed toward a vehicle right side by the shift lever, even if a magnet is not energized, the second-link is rotated in a state where sliding of the first-link toward a vehicle right is impeded. Operation of the shift lever from the 'P' shift position is thereby forcibly permitted. Here, the first-link is disposed at the permitting-position that is an initial-position, and, due to the release button being operated, the first-link is held at the permitting-position. Therefore, there is no need to move the first-link by operation of the release button, and the operation load and operation stroke of the release button can be made to be small.