Shift device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364798-B2
Application number	US-201816225304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

In a shift device, contact projections of a rotation cylinder make contact with side faces of recesses of an detent plate due to an urging force so as to urge a lever toward a shift position side. The contact projections make line contact with the side faces of the recesses. This enables the contact amount between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be increased, enabling the contact pressure between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be lowered.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift device comprising:
a shift body that is configured to rotate with respect to a vehicle body side about an axis of rotation of the shift body to change a shift position;
a contact body that is fixed on the vehicle body side with no relative movement between the contact body and the vehicle body side; and
a contact member that is provided on a shift body side and configured to rotate integrally with the shift body about the axis of rotation of the shift body with no relative rotation between the contact member and the shift body, that faces the contact body in a direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body,
wherein:
a projection portion projects in the direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body, and is formed integrally at one of the contact body or the contact member with no relative movement between the projection portion and the one of the contact body or the contact member,
a recess portion is recessed in the direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body, and is formed at the other of the contact body or the contact member,
the projection portion and recess portion are configured to face in the direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body, the projection portion and recess portion make line contact or surface contact due to an urging force in the direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body such that the shift body is urged toward a shift position side,
the projection portion extends along a radial direction of rotation of the shift body relative to the axis of rotation of the shift body, a length of the projection portion in the radial direction is longer than a width of the projection portion along a circumferential direction of rotation of the shift body, and
the recess portion extends along the radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the shift body, a length of the recess portion in the radial direction is longer than a width of the recess portion along the circumferential direction.

2. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the shift body is configured to rotate to change the shift position among a plurality of shift positions for one projection portion, the recess portions of the plural number are formed continuously along the circumferential direction at the other of the contact body or the contact member such that the one projection portion is configured to move in the continuously formed recess portions.

3. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the contact member is slidably moveable over the contact body when the projection portion and recess portion are in line or surface contact due to the urging force so as to form a detent mechanism.

4. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the projection portion is received within the recess portion as a result of the urging force, and, when the shift body is moved to change the shift position, the contact member is rotated with respect to the fixed contact body such that the projection portion leaves the recess portion, and enters in another recess portion due to the urging force.

5. The shift device of claim 1 , wherein
a contact body face is formed at the contact body and a contact member face is formed at the contact member, the contact body face and the contact member face facing each other in the direction along the axis of rotation of the shift body,
the projection portion is formed integrally at one of the contact body face or the contact member face with no relative movement between the projection portion and the one of the contact body face or the contact member face, and
the recess portion is recessed in the direction along the axis of rotation, and is formed at the other of the contact body face or the contact member face.

6. The shift device of claim 5 , wherein the contact body face and the contact member face are faces orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the shift body.

7. The shift device of claim 5 , wherein the width of the projection portion along the circumferential direction becomes longer on progressing from a side of the axis of rotation of the shift body toward an outside in the radial direction of rotation of the shift body, and the width of the recess portion along the circumferential direction becomes longer on progressing from the side of the axis of rotation of the shift body toward the outside in the radial direction of rotation of the shift body.

8. The shift device of claim 6 , wherein the width of the projection portion along the circumferential direction becomes longer on progressing from a side of the axis of rotation of the shift body toward an outside in the radial direction of rotation of the shift body, and the width of the recess portion along the circumferential direction becomes longer on progressing from the side of the axis of rotation of the shift body toward the outside in the radial direction of rotation of the shift body.

Assignees

• Tokai Rika Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Hironori
• Imai Koji
• Nakano Yohei
• Makimura Munetoshi

Classifications

• F16H59/10

  comprising levers · CPC title

• F16H63/30

  Constructional features of the final output mechanisms · CPC title

• B60K20/02 Primary

  of initiating means · CPC title

• F16H2063/3086

  Shift head arrangements, e.g. forms or arrangements of shift heads for preselection or shifting · CPC title

• B60K20/06 Primary

  mounted on steering column or the like · CPC title