Patent ID: 9003915
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shift device, comprising: a range selection mechanism for selecting an N range and one or more ranges other than the N range of a transmission, the range selection mechanism comprising a lever and an input unit installed on the lever, the input unit receiving an operation by a driver; a home position to which the range selection mechanism automatically returns after an operation of the lever of the range selection mechanism; and other positions to which the range selection mechanism is moved in respective predetermined directions from the home position, wherein the lever is lockable and released from locking in response to operation of the input unit; wherein the range selection mechanism detects operation of the input unit and determines a state of the transmission and a lock state of the lever based on the operation of the input unit; wherein, for the transmission, in a state that at least one range has been selected from the one or more ranges other than the N range and the range selection mechanism is at the home position, the N range is always selected by performing a first predetermined operation of the input unit of the range selection mechanism, and wherein, for the transmission, in a state that the N range has been selected and the range selection mechanism is at the home position, a range other than the N range is selected from the one or more ranges other than the N range by performing a second predetermined operation of the range selection mechanism while continuing the first predetermined operation of the input unit of the range selection mechanism.