Shift lever device

A shift lever device for a shifting operation of a speed change gear of a vehicle which comprises:

• a housing for covering a lower part of a shift lever that is movable along an axis, the housing having a top surface and side walls, said top surface having an aperture for admitting said shift lever, and said housing including cover means closely surrounding said shift lever for preventing liquid dripped over said aperture from flowing through said top surface;
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• a drain formed on a side wall of the housing that is parallel to said axis of motion of said shift lever, and said drain having the form of a groove with an open top for receiving and guiding liquid to a place away from internal equipment kept within the housing
• wherein the drain comprises (i) a stepped portion formed in part by the side wall of the housing onto which the drain is formed and (ii) a groove wall opposite from and parallel both to said side wall and to said axis of motion of said shift lever which rises from an outer end of the stepped portion such that said drain is in the form of a U-like groove having an open top.

A shift lever device for shifting operation of speed change gear of a vehicle, comprising:

• a shift lever movable along a single axis;
• a housing for covering a lower part of a shift lever, the housing having a top surface and side walls, said top surface including an aperture for admitting the shift lever, and a slide cover means closely surrounding said shift lever and movably mounted onto said housing for closing said aperture to liquids dripped onto said top surface,
• a drain formed on one of the side walls of the housing that is parallel to said axis for receiving liquid dripped onto said top surface of said housing and guiding said liquid in a direction parallel to said axis and to the side wall onto which said drain is formed to a position outside of said housing, and
• an elongated projecting portion provided at the top portion of the housing and oriented parallel to said axis and having a groove for guiding liquid dripped onto the top surface of the housing in a direction orthogonal to said axis into said drain.