Patent ID: 9254745
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60K,F16H,G05G

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, clockwise or counterclockwise, from a specified home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction, forward or rearward, 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 and a range change portion to supply signals for changing a shift range of the vehicle among a neutral range, 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, wherein the range change portion of said controller is configured to supply a signal for changing the shift range to the neutral range to the automatic transmission when said determination portion determines that said operational member is rotated from the home position, 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 in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated clockwise 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 in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated counterclockwise from the home position.