Patent ID: 8468906
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gearshift knob attaching structure for a vehicle gearshift lever unit, comprising: a cylinder-shaped gearshift lever turnably attached to a housing; an operation member placed inside the gearshift lever in a way to be movable in an axial direction; a gearshift knob placed with an end portion of the gearshift lever inserted in an inner insertion hole of the gearshift knob; a knob button attached to the gearshift knob in a way to be operable to be pressed down; and a link mechanism placed inside the gearshift knob, connecting the knob button and the operation member together, and configured to move the operation member from a base end side to a top end side in the gearshift lever when the knob button is pressed down, wherein a connection hole is provided in an end of the operation member, the connection hole passing through the operation member in a way to intersect the axial direction; the link mechanism comprises: when the end portion of the gearshift lever is pressed into the inner insertion hole of the gearshift knob, the link body turns along with the auxiliary lever which turns while in contact with the end of the operation member, and an end of the link lever is inserted into the connection hole.