Shift device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorNorihiro YAMAMURA
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Abstract
In a shift device (10), a base portion (42) of a collar (40) is accommodated in a mounting hole (50) of a support portion (34), and a thin plate portion (52) of the support portion (34) is disposed at an upper side of an upper face (42A) of the base portion (42). When an impact load of at least a predetermined value is applied to a shift lever, the thin plate portion (52) of the support portion (34) is broken by the base portion (42) and the support portion (34) moves while being guided by the base portion (42). Thus, the impact load is absorbed. Consequently, an impact load absorption mode may be made consistent.
Claims7
A shift device comprising:
- a shift body that is movably supported at a support body, a shift position of which being changed by the shift body being moved;
- a support portion provided at the support body, at which an accommodating cavity being provided;
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- an intermediate member accommodated at the accommodating cavity, the support portion being disposed at one side of the intermediate member, and when an impact load is applied to the support body:
- the support portion being broken by a peripheral edge of the intermediate member,
- the intermediate member intruding into the accommodating cavity, and the
- impact load being absorbed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.