Apparatus for preventing forcible separation of shift cable

An apparatus for preventing forcible separation of a shift cable, the apparatus comprising:

• a shifting device including:
• a shift lever housing fixed at a side of a seat for a driver of a vehicle and including a side surface formed with a recessed portion, and
• a shift lever rotatably coupled to the shift lever housing;
• a shift cable configured to connect the shift lever to a transmission of the vehicle and having an end forming an eye end connected to the shift lever, wherein the eye end of the shift cable is disposed in the recessed portion and assembled to the shift lever in a lateral direction of the shift lever housing;
• a cover member combined with the shift lever housing;
• a fastener fixing the cover member to the shift lever housing in the lateral direction;
• and
• a cable socket coupled to the shift cable at a predetermined distance from the eye end of the shift cable and mounted on an outer wall of the shift lever housing,
• wherein the cover member is configured to cover both the eye end of the shift cable and the cable socket,
• wherein the cover member includes:
• a top cover extending in a front-rear direction along a top of the shift lever housing;
• and
• two side covers bending from the top cover, wherein one side cover of the two side covers is configured to cover the recessed portion, and
• wherein the top cover is fitted to the shift lever housing, and the two side covers are fixed to the shift lever housing by the fastener, and
• wherein the fastener is arranged close to the eye end of the shift cable.