Shift device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10907728-B2
Application number	US-201816217277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2018
Priority date	Dec 14, 2017
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A shift lever device includes a shift lever that is rotated in a shift direction to change a shift position, and that is capable of moving in a direction different from the shift direction, a main shaft that rotates when the shift lever is rotated in the shift direction, and a housing that rotatably supports the main shaft. When the main shaft is moved in the direction different from the shift direction, a load is input from the shift lever to the main shaft in the opposite direction from a direction in which the main shaft is displaced from the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift device comprising:
a shift body that is rotated along a shift direction to change a shift position, and that is capable of moving along outward and inward tilting directions different from the shift direction, the shift body having a grip portion at one end, and a coupling portion and first and second contacting portions at another end;
a rotating body that rotates due to the shift body being rotated along the shift direction;
a support body that rotatably supports the rotating body, a distal end of the rotating body connected to a distal end of the support body, and
a coupling member that is provided at a proximal end of the rotating body in a rotation axis direction of the rotating body, and at which the coupling portion of the shift body is pivotally connected;
wherein, the pivotal connection is configured such that
when the shift body is moved along the outward tilting direction, a first load is input from the first contacting portion of the shift body to the rotating body through the coupling member in a first direction toward the distal end of the support body; and
when the shift body is moved toward the inward tilting direction, a second load is input from the second contacting portion of the shift body to the rotating body through the coupling member in the first direction toward the distal end of the support body.

2. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein:
the coupling member is fixed to the one side of the rotating body; and
a tilting axis portion about which the shift body is capable of outwardly and inwardly tilting couples the shift body and the coupling member.

3. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein movement of the rotating body in an axial direction relative to the support body is restricted by a threaded member that is screwed together with the rotating body which forms the connection between the rotating body and support body.

4. The shift device of claim 2 , wherein movement of the rotating body in an axial direction relative to the support body is restricted by a threaded member that is screwed together with the rotating body which forms the connection between the rotating body and support body.

5. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein: a detection section is supported at the support body, movement of the shift body being detected due to the detection section being moved; when the shift body is moved toward the one side, the detection section is moved by being pressed by the shift body; and the detection section and the shift body are capable of separating from each other when the shift body that has been moved toward the one side returns to the another side.

6. The shift device of claim 2 , wherein: a detection section is supported at the support body, movement of the shift body being detected due to the detection section being moved; when the shift body is moved toward the one side, the detection section is moved by being pressed by the shift body; and the detection section and the shift body are capable of separating from each other when the shift body that has been moved toward the one side returns to the another side.

7. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second contacting portions of the shift body each have one side face facing the coupling member provided at the rotating body and another face facing opposite to the coupling member, and due to the shift body being moved along the outward tilting direction, the face of the first contacting portion facing the rotating body inputs the first load to the rotating body via the coupling member in the first direction, and due to the shift body being moved along the inward tilting direction, the face of the second contacting portion facing the rotating body inputs the second load to the rotating body via the coupling member in the first direction.

8. The shift device of claim 7 , wherein:
due to the one side face of the first contacting portion of the shift body abutting the coupling member, the shift body is prevented from moving in the outward tilting direction, and
due to the one side face of the second contacting portion of the shift body abutting the coupling member, the shift body is prevented from moving in the inward tilting direction.

9. The shift device of claim 7 , wherein:
due to the shift body being moved in the outward tilting direction and the one side face of the first contacting portion of the shift body abutting a first location of the coupling member but the one side face of the second contacting portion separating from a second location of the coupling member, the first load is input from the shift body to the rotating body through the coupling member in the first direction, and
due to the shift body being moved in the inward tilting direction and the one side face of the second contacting portion of the shift body abutting the second location of the coupling member but the one side face of the first contacting portion separating from the first location of the coupling member, the second load is input from the shift body to the rotating body through the coupling member in the first direction.

Assignees

• Tokai Rika Co Ltd

Inventors

• Makimura Munetoshi

Classifications

• F16H59/10 Primary

  comprising levers · CPC title

• B60K20/06 Primary

  mounted on steering column or the like · CPC title

• F16H59/0278

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

• F16H2059/081

  using knops or discs for rotary range selection · CPC title

• F16H2059/0247

  with lever or paddle behind steering wheel · CPC title