Patent ID: 9441730
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A shift lever assembly for an automatic transmission vehicle, comprising: a shift lever that is installed rotatably front/rearward and left/rightward with respect to a shift lever housing through a ball joint provided on a lower part thereof; a cable bracket which is disposed on a front of the shift lever and connected to the shift lever housing to be moved front/rearward with respect to the shift lever housing, and on a tip end of the cable bracket a cable connection protrusion to which one end of a shift cable is connected is provided; and an engaging lever which is disposed on the front of the shift lever and provided for connecting the shift lever and the cable bracket, wherein the engaging lever moves together with the shift lever when the shift lever moves front/rearward along a slot for an automatic mode, guides a left/right movement of the shift lever when the shift lever moves left/rightward along a channel between the slot for the automatic mode and a slot for a sports mode, and axial-rotates left/rightward with respect to the cable bracket when the shift lever moves left/rightward along the slot for the sports mode, wherein a left protrusion and a right protrusion that are shaped substantially identically are formed and protruded upward on upper left and right parts of the engaging lever, respectively, and a protrusion groove into which the left protrusion and the right protrusion are fitted and which guides the left/right movement of the shift lever by the left protrusion and the right protrusion is formed on the front of the shift lever, facing an upper surface of the engaging lever.