Shift device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10184557-B2
Application number	US-201615161598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Jun 1, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Shift device for vehicle includes housing and shift lever. Shift lever includes cylindrical shaft portion which proximal end is pivotably supported inside housing, cylindrical shaft portion having elongated holes extending through peripheral wall of cylindrical shaft portion and are elongated in longitudinal direction of cylindrical shaft portion, shift knob fixed to distal end of cylindrical shaft portion, detent pin inserted through elongated holes in state where both ends of detent pin protrude from corresponding elongated holes, detent rod inserted in cylindrical shaft portion, detent rod being configured to transmit operating force of operating button in shift knob to detent pin, and shift lock member. Detent pin is fitted to detent rod. When operating button has been operated in state where brake depression operation is not performed, shift lock member contacts with one end of detent pin to block movement of detent pin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift device for a vehicle, the shift device comprising:
a housing; and
a shift lever including
a cylindrical shaft portion of which a proximal end is pivotably supported inside the housing, the cylindrical shaft portion having elongated holes that extend through a peripheral wall of the cylindrical shaft portion and that are elongated in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical shaft portion,
a shift knob fixed to a distal end of the cylindrical shaft portion,
a detent pin inserted through the elongated holes in a state where both ends of the detent pin protrude from the corresponding elongated holes, and
a detent rod inserted in the cylindrical shaft portion, the detent rod being configured to transmit operating force of an operating button provided in the shift knob to the detent pin, and

a shift lock member, wherein
the detent pin is fitted to the detent rod,
when the operating button has been operated in a state where brake depression operation is not performed, the shift lock member contacts with one end of the detent pin to block movement of the detent pin, and
a support protrusion that protrudes toward the proximal end of the cylindrical shaft portion is provided at the other end of the detent pin, and the support protrusion contacts with the cylindrical shaft portion and restricts an inclination of the detent pin due to contact between the shift lock member and the detent pin.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Tsuda Ind Co Ltd
• Tokai Rika Co Ltd
• Mannoh Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Shori
• Shimizu Etsuo
• Kitahara Takayoshi
• Kato Saburo
• Mizuno Hironori
• Masuda Takayoshi
• Ito Hideaki

Classifications

• F16H59/0278

  Constructional features of the selector lever, e.g. grip parts, mounting or manufacturing · CPC title

• F16H59/10 Primary

  comprising levers · CPC title

• F16H61/22

  Locking {of the control input devices} (constructional features of locking or disabling mechanisms F16H63/34) · CPC title

• B60K20/02

  of initiating means · CPC title

• F16H2059/0282

  Lever handles with lock mechanisms, e.g. for allowing selection of reverse gear or releasing lever from park position · CPC title