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US 12,734,961 B2Granted
Shift device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsMakoto Yamamoto, Yutaka Inamura, Takuya Watanabe
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Abstract
In a shift device, when an occupant performs a touch operation on a P position, an R position, an N position, or a D position of a front housing with a finger, a shift range of a transmission is changed, and the front housing vibrates. Here, a plurality of shift positions are provided on the front housing. Therefore, the number of components can be reduced.
Claims4
A shift device comprising:
- an operation body on which a plurality of shift positions are set and which has a plurality of notification modes;
- a detection portion, the detection portion being configured to detect an operation on one of the shift positions and to change a shift range of a transmission of a vehicle;
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- a notification mechanism, the notification mechanism being configured to notify an occupant of the vehicle, by a first notification mode among the plurality of notification modes, of an operation on a portion of the operation body between the shift positions caused by simultaneous touching by a finger of two or more of the plurality of shift positions, and to notify the occupant, by a second notification mode among the plurality of notification modes, that the shift range is changed, wherein the first notification mode and the second notification mode are different from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.