Jamming protection apparatus of shift lever for vehicle

An apparatus for use in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a receiving depression;
• a shift lever rotatably provided in the housing, the shift lever having a guide hole and a biasing portion;
• a sensor configured to detect a position of the shift lever;
• a contact portion provided in the shift lever, the contact portion provided with a bullet that is inserted in the guide hole and is elastically movable and bullet shaped to be moveable in a longitudinal direction of the guide hole, wherein the biasing portion is located between the guide hole and the bullet so as to elastically bias the bullet;
• a detent portion seated in the receiving depression of the housing and disposed such that the bullet of the contact portion is brought in contact with the detent portion in the housing, the detent portion being moveably seated in the housing and provided with a grooved bottom configured such that the bullet moves over the grooved bottom when the shift lever is rotated;
• a behavior generator connected to the detent portion, the behavior generator configured such that the detent portion is moved by an operation of the behavior generator;
• and
• a controller configured to receive position information of the shift lever from the sensor and to cause the behavior generator to move the detent portion in accordance with the position information.