Patent ID: 7484433
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shift lever apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a shift lever which is swingable in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle body of the vehicle to change change-speed ranges of a transmission of the vehicle; an indicator panel indicating positions which respectively correspond to the change-speed ranges, the positions being aligned in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle body; a slide member which is band-shaped and movable in relation to the shift lever; a guide device disposed extending in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle body to slidably guide the slide member, the guide device including a descending guide section which allows the slide member to be guided to move downward relative to the indicator panel, the descending guide section being located at one of first and second sides of the guide device, the first and second sides being opposite in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle body; a mark piece adapted to indicate one of the positions of the indicator panel to represent a present change-speed range of the transmission; and a support member connected to the slide member, the support member having an end portion which is fixedly connected to a side edge of the slide member, a major part of the support member being separate from the slide member and free from following a deformation of the slide member, the mark piece being fixedly connected to the major part of the support member, such that the mark piece moves while keeping close to the indicator panel along with sliding movement of the slide member.