Shifting apparatus for a vehicle transmission

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a shifting apparatus for a vehicle transmission which can easily adjust the initial load and the following shock load over a predetermined stroke with keeping the static strength of the shock absorbing members. According to the present invention, there is provided a shifting apparatus for a vehicle transmission comprising a shift operation section for supporting an operation lever and mounting members for arranging the shift operation section at an instrument panel portion of the vehicle or at a near region thereof characterized in that said mounting members are adapted to mount the shift operation section on a body of the vehicle at least two places thereof, and each of the mounting members is provided with a first shock absorbing member adapted to be broken to absorb an initial shock load as well as a second shock absorbing member adapted to be deformed or broken over a predetermined stroke to absorb a shock load following the initial shock load when a shock load exceeding a predetermined value is applied to the shift operation section.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.