Patent ID: 8322245
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shift lever apparatus comprising: a housing within a vehicle body in a three dimensional space constituted by an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, the Y-axis being leftward and rightward directions of the vehicle body; a shift lever including: an urging member arranged to urge the shift lever movable member to the first axial side toward or away from the shift lever base member; and a detent pin provided to the shift lever movable member, the detent pin extending substantially parallel to the shift shaft of the shift lever base member, the housing including a guide groove arranged to guide the detent pin along the Z-axis direction so as to guide the shift lever movable member only from the N-position to the reference position when the shift lever movable member is on the second axial side.