Patent ID: 6532842
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift control device for a transmission mechanism for a motor vehicle in which gear sifting is performed by a shift control lever mounted on a shift shaft and provided in the vicinity of a steering wheel for column shifting, said shift control device comprising:a guide member movable in a first direction by swingably operating said shift control lever and movable in a second direction different from said first direction by pull-up operating said shift control lever; and a regulating member having a plurality of steps for preventing the occurrence of a gear shift which the driver does not intend to have, and for regulating the movement of said guide member in said first direction, whereby operation of said shift control lever to pull up said shift control lever is regulated by the height of each step in said plurality of steps, respectively, wherein the height between N position and R position of said plurality of steps is greater than a sum of the radius of said guide member and a traveling distance of said guide member in said second direction with maintaining a distance between a shoulder point of the driver and a position of said shift control lever during gear shifting substantially constant.