Shift device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsHaruki Seto, Kazuhiro Saito
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Abstract
A shift device comprises a shift body, a click mechanism and a guide portion. The shift body is moved to change a shift position of the shift body. The click mechanism has a click member and a click surface against which the click member is biased to abut. The click mechanism is configured so that, when the shift body is movably operated, one of the click member or the click surface moves in accompaniment with movement of the shift body and imparts a clicking feel to the shift body. The guide portion guides the click member to the click surface and is disposed in a position in which it does not oppose the click surface.
Claims12
A shift device comprising:
- a shift body that is moved to change a shift position of the shift body;
- a click mechanism having a click member and a click surface against which the click member is biased to abut, the click mechanism being configured so that, when the shift body is movably operated, one of the click member or the click surface moves in accompaniment with movement of the shift body and imparts a clicking feel to the shift body;
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- at least one guide portion that guides the click member to the click surface and that is disposed in a position in which it does not oppose the click surface,
- wherein the shift body includes an insertion hole into which the click member is inserted and a pair of separated pendent portions that protrude toward the click surface from a click surface side end of the insertion hole,
- wherein each of the at least one guide portion is a groove provided at the pair of pendent portions,
- the click member includes at least one guided portion which is inserted into the at least one guide portion, and
- the pair of pendent portions include the at least one guide portion, which is provided in a position offset on one lateral side relative to the click surface as seen from an opposite side of the click surface.
A shift device comprising:
- a shift body that is moved to change a shift position of the shift body;
- a click member;
- a click surface against which the click member is biased to abut;
- a click mechanism whereby the click member imparts a clicking feel to the shift body;
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- a guide portion that guides the click member to the click surface and that is disposed in a position in which it does not oppose the click surface in a biasing direction,
- wherein, when the shift body is movingly operated, one of the click member or the click surface moves in accompaniment with movement of the shift body,
- wherein the shift body includes an insertion hole into which the click member is inserted and a pair of separated pendent portions that protrude toward the click surface from a click surface side end of the insertion hole,
- wherein the guide portion is a groove provided at each of the pair of pendent portions,
- the click member includes a guided portion which is inserted into the guide portion, and
- the guide portion is provided in a position offset on one lateral side relative to the click surface as seen from an opposite side of the click surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.