Shift lever device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKei Takakuwa
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Abstract
A shift lever device includes a shift knob, a rod member including a first portion. The rod member is configured to cancel limitations on changes in a shift position by moving in a first direction. And the shift lever device includes a button portion including a second portion configured to engage the first portion and a button top protruding from the shift knob. The button portion is configured to move the rod member in the first direction by moving in a second direction when the first portion and the second portion are in contact with each other. And the shift lever device includes an urging member. The urging member is configured to urge the button portion such that the second portion approaches the first portion.
Claims7
A shift lever device comprising:
- a shift knob including an urging member retaining portion;
- a rod member including a first portion, the rod member being configured such that displacement of the rod member in a first direction permits changes in a shift position;
- a button portion including an abutment portion, a second portion, and a button top protruding from the shift knob, the second portion being configured to engage the first portion and the button portion being configured such that, by moving in a second direction, the button portion causes the rod member to move in the first direction;
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- an urging member configured to urge the second portion of the button portion toward the first portion, the urging member comprising a first end which abuts the urging member retaining portion and a second end which abuts the abutment portion, wherein
- the urging member retaining portion is located between the abutment portion and the button top in the second direction;
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- the rod member is located between the abutment portion and the urging member retaining portion in the second direction.
A shift lever device comprising:
- a shift knob including an urging member retaining portion;
- a rod member including a first cam portion, the rod member permitting changes in a shift position when displaced in a first direction;
- a button portion including an abutment portion, a second cam portion that engages the first cam portion, and a button top that protrudes from the shift knob, the button portion being configured such that, by moving in a second direction, the button portion causes the rod member to move in the first direction;
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- an urging member configured to urge the second cam portion of the button portion toward the first cam portion, the urging member comprising a first end which abuts the urging member retaining portion and a second end which abuts the abutment portion, wherein
- the urging member retaining portion is located between the abutment portion and the button top in the second direction;
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- the rod member is located between the abutment portion and the urging member retaining portion in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.