Shift lever apparatus, shift lock method, shift lock system and vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorKeiji Kahara
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Abstract
In a shift lever apparatus, a shift position can be changed from a “P” shift position only by turning a shift lever to a right side of a vehicle. Unless a brake is operated, it is possible to maintain a state in which a stopper portion is disposed in a right side of the vehicle in an abutting portion. Therefore, the abutting portion abuts the stopper portion, and the shift lever cannot be turned to the right side of the vehicle. When the brake is operated, a rotary plate is rotated in accordance that the shift lever turns to the right side of the vehicle. Accordingly, the abutting portion does not abut the stopper portion, and the shift lever can be turned to the right side of the vehicle.
Claims10
A shift lever apparatus comprising:
- a shift lever which is provided so as to be able to be turned in a predetermined direction and a side direction of the predetermined direction, wherein by being turned at least in the side direction of the predetermined direction, a shift position is changed from a predetermined shift position;
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- a connecting member, which connects the shift lever and a brake for braking a vehicle by being operated and is able to be moved between a first position, at which the turning of the shift lever to the side direction of the predetermined direction is inhibited, and a second position, at which the turning of the shift lever to the side direction of the predetermined direction is allowed, wherein, in a case when the shift lever is positioned at the predetermined shift position, and the brake is not operated, movement from the first position to the second position is inhibited, and in a case when the shift lever is positioned at the predetermined shift position, and the brake is operated, movement from the first position to the second position is allowed, and the connecting member is moved from the first position to the second position in accordance with the turning of the shift lever to the side direction of the predetermined direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.