Shift device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorKeisuke Sato
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Abstract
A shift device according to one embodiment includes a case having a cylindrical portion; a shift lever configured to include a base portion provided to be rotatable inside the cylindrical portion, with which an operator performs a rotation operation; a shift position holding mechanism configured to hold the shift lever at a predetermined shift position; and an elastic member configured to protrude from one of the cylindrical portion or the base portion so as to face another of the cylindrical portion or the base portion, and contact either an outer circumferential surface of the base portion or an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, to impose a rotational load on the shift lever.
Claims5
A shift device comprising:
- a case having a cylindrical portion;
- a shift lever configured to include a base portion provided to be rotatable inside the cylindrical portion, with which an operator performs a rotation operation;
- a shift position holding mechanism configured to hold the shift lever at a predetermined shift position;
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- an elastic member configured to protrude from one of the cylindrical portion or the base portion so as to face another of the cylindrical portion or the base portion, and contact either an outer circumferential surface of the base portion or an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, to impose a rotational load on the shift lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.