Column-type shift lever structure for automatic transmission with manual shifting mode

A column-type shift lever structure for an automatic transmission with a manual shifting mode comprising:

• an upper plate rotatable around a steering shaft by a shift lever;
• a lower plate provided in a lower portion of the upper plate and having locking jaws which perform catching and releasing actions at each shifting position of a stopper formed on the shift lever when the shift lever is pivoted upward and downward;
• and
• a cable actuating lever provided on the lower plate and being pivoted by a ball joint formed on the upper plate to actuate a T/M control cable,
• wherein a select switch is provided on the shift lever to transmit a signal for converting the transmission from a driving mode to a manual shifting mode or vice versa to a transmission control unit when a driver operates the select switch, and a switch part is provided in the manual shifting mode position of the shift lever to sense the upward and downward pivoting operations of the shift lever as upward and downward shifting signals, respectively, and to transmit the signals to the transmission control unit in a state when the transmission is converted from the driving mode to the manual shifting mode.

A column-type shift lever structure for an automatic transmission with a manual shifting mode comprising:

• an upper plate rotatable around a steering shaft by a shift lever;
• a lower plate provided in a lower portion of the upper plate and having locking jaws which perform catching and releasing actions at each shifting position of a stopper formed on the shift lever when the shift lever is pivoted upward and downward;
• and
• a cable actuating lever provided on the lower plate and being pivoted by a ball joint formed on the upper plate to actuate a T/M control cable,
• wherein the shift lever can be rotated to a predetermined manual shifting mode set up by the lower plate, a select switch is provided for transmitting a signal causing the transmission to be converted from a driving mode to a manual shifting mode or vice versa to a transmission control unit, and a switch part is provided in the manual shifting mode position of the shift lever to sense the upward and downward pivoting operations of the shift lever as upward and downward shifting signals, respectively, and to transmit the signals to the transmission control unit.