Patent ID: 6286385
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A shift lever device for a vehicle comprising:an elongated shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation; anda supporting mechanism which rotatably supports a lower end of said shift lever, said mechanism includinga shaft to which a lower end of said shift lever is connected so as to allow said shift lever to be rotatable in a longitudinal direction;a bearing portion formed from a circular wall that surrounds and supports said shaft, anda supporting means for absorbing an axial impact force by breaking and allowing said shift lever to move axially when an axial impact force above a preselected magnitude is applied to said shift lever including a thin-walled portion in said circular wall forming said bearing portion, the thickness of said thin-walled portion being thinner than adjacent portions of said circular wall, and being selected such that said thin-walled portion breaks when said axial impact force above said preselected magnitude is applied thereto.