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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Masayuki Tokumo, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoh Yamazaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an operational member and a body portion supporting the operational member rotatably, clockwise or counterclockwise, from a home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction from its rotated position. The body portion is configured to allow the rotated or moved operational member to return to the home position automatically. A shift range is changed to a neutral range when the operational member is rotated from the home position, and the shift range is changed to a traveling range (a drive range or a reverse range) when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated from the home position. Herein, changing of the shift range to the drive range or the reverse range depends on the direction of the rotation of the dial from the home position.