Patent ID: 7461567

Claim:
A shift operating apparatus comprising: a shift and select shaft moved in an axial direction upon a shift operation and rotated about an axis upon a select operation; an inner lever provided at the shift and select shaft, the inner lever being moved in the axial direction upon the shift operation and being rotatable about the axis upon the select operation; a plurality of shift fork heads arranged about the axis along a circumferential direction of the shift and select shaft with a predetermined interval relative to an adjacent shift fork head of each other; and plural shift grooves formed at the inner lever to be open in the circumferential direction of the shift and select shaft, a shift groove from among the plural shift grooves being engageable with a corresponding shift fork head from among the shift fork heads in response to a selected shift stage, and the engagement between the shift groove and the corresponding shift fork head configured to be released when the inner lever is rotated about the axis in response to the select operation, wherein the plural shift grooves are arranged along the axial direction with an interval relative to an adjacent shift groove of each other, the interval which corresponds to an amount of a shift stroke.