Patent ID: 6945132
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A column-type shift lever structure for an automatic transmission with a manual shifting mode, comprising: an upper plate rotatable around a steering shaft by a shift lever; a lower plate provided in a lower portion of the upper plate and having locking jaws which perform catching and releasing actions at each shifting position of a stopper formed on the shift lever when the shift lever is pivoted upward and downward; and a cable actuating lever provided on the lower plate and being pivoted by a ball joint formed on the upper plate to actuate a transmission control cable, wherein the locking jaws are so constructed that the shift lever is rotated from a driving mode position to a manual shifting mode position, and a mode switch part is provided in the manual shifting mode position of the shift lever to sense the upward and downward pivoting operations of the shift lever as upward and downward shifting signals, respectively, and to transmit the signals to a transmission control unit).