Patent ID: 7201077

Claim:
An automatic transmission shift range display structure comprising: a range display; a shift lever selectively movable in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle relative to the range display to select a plurality of predetermined positions of an automatic mode and further selectively movable in a widthwise direction of the vehicle relative to the range display from the automatic mode to select a manual mode that is positioned in the widthwise direction of the vehicle at one of the predetermined positions; and a slide member operable in coordination with the movement of the shift lever, and the slide member including an indicator identifying a current location of the shift lever corresponding to the predetermined positions of the automatic mode and the manual mode by selectively changing a state of a portion of the range display that corresponds to the current location of the shift lever, and the indicator further moves in the widthwise direction between an automatic mode position and a manual mode position so that the indicator is visible both in the automatic mode and in the manual mode.