Patent ID: 9334952
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A shift control device for a vehicle, comprising: a shift device comprising an operational member provided in a vehicle compartment and a body portion supporting the operational member rotatably from a specified home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction from a rotated position after the operational member is rotated, the body portion being configured to allow the rotated or moved operational member to return to the specified home position automatically; a sensor to detect rotation and move of the operational member of the shift device; and a controller comprising a determination portion to determine a state of the rotation and the move of the operational member detected by the sensor, a range change portion to supply signals for changing a shift range of the vehicle between a drive range for forward traveling and a reverse range for backward traveling to an automatic transmission based on determination results of the determination portion, and a mode change portion to supply signals for changing a shift mode of the vehicle between a first mode and a second mode having a gear ratio which is smaller than that of the first mode to the automatic transmission based on the determination results of the determination portion, wherein the range change portion of said controller is configured to supply a signal for changing the shift range to either one of the drive range and the reverse range to the automatic transmission when said determination portion determines that the operational member is moved forward from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in a specified direction from the home position, and supply a signal for changing the shift range to the other of the drive range and the reverse range to the automatic transmission when the determination portion determines that the operational member is moved rearward from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in the specified direction from the home position, and the mode change portion of said controller is configured to supply a signal for changing the shift mode to either one of the first mode and the second mode to the automatic transmission when said determination portion determines that the operational member is moved forward from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in an opposite direction to the specified direction from the home position, and supply a signal for changing the shift mode to the other of the first mode and the second mode to the automatic transmission when the determination portion determines that the operational member is moved rearward from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in the opposite direction to the specified direction from the home position.