Patent ID: 6301994
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift lever apparatus comprising a lever body having an upper end and a lower end which selects an arbitrary shift range from a plurality of shift ranges set on a vehicle transmission and changes into the selected shift range due to a rotational operation of a shift lever connected to said vehicle transmission, further comprising:a detent rod comprising a integrated body extending from the upper end of the shift lever body to the lower end of the shift lever body and which is displaced in the rotating direction of said shift lever in accordance with said rotational operation of the shift lever, the detent rod being disposed inside said shift lever so as to be able to perform a reciprocating motion relative to said shift lever, and which is urged in one direction of said reciprocating motion;a detent portion integrally formed with said detent rod and extending along an axis transverse to said detent rod so as to protrude outwardly from said shift lever; anda detent means which is formed so as to face said detent portion in a direction in which said detent portion moves in accordance with the rotational operation of said shift lever, and which restricts said rotational operation of said shift lever indirectly by engaging with said detent portion when said rotational operation of said shift lever from a predetermined shift position is performed, and such that movement of said detent rod in opposition to an urging force thereof can release the state in which said rotational operation of said shift lever has been restricted,wherein said integrally formed detent portion has an axial cross section which decreases in the direction from a position where the detent portion is integrally formed with the detent rod to a free end of the detent portion.