Patent ID: 7387044

Claim:
The shift lever assembly comprising: a cross-car-beam extending in a vehicle transverse direction and including a support; a shift lever device having a device body and a rod being slidably supported by the device body; and a fitting configured to fix the shift lever device to the cross-car-beam; wherein the fitting comprises: a longitudinal wall extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a transverse wall extending in the vehicle transverse direction; and a connecting wall interconnecting the longitudinal wall and the transverse wall, wherein the support comprises: a longitudinal fitting face extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and opposed to the longitudinal wall; and a transverse fitting face extending in the vehicle transverse direction and opposed to the transverse wall, wherein the longitudinal wall and the transverse wall are abutted on and fixed to the longitudinal fitting face and the transverse fitting face, respectively, wherein the connecting wall comprises: a rear wall continuous with a rear end of the longitudinal wall; and a side wall continuous with an inner side end of the transverse wall in the vehicle transverse direction and being opposed to the longitudinal wall, wherein the shift lever comprises a device body positioned in an inside enclosed by the longitudinal wall, the transverse wall, and the connecting wall, wherein the longitudinal wall and the side wall of the connecting wall define elongated holes extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the device body has fitting shafts protruding therefrom in the vehicle transverse direction, wherein the fitting shafts are fitted in the elongated holes, fixing the device body to the fitting.