Patent ID: 6877391

Claim:
A gear change device, comprising: a shift lever; a select actuator for operating said shift lever in a direction of selection; and a shift actuator for operating said shift lever in a direction of shift, wherein: said select actuator comprises a casing, a shift lever support member disposed in said casing so as to slide in an axial direction and support said shift lever, magnetic moving means disposed on the outer periphery of said shift lever support member, a cylindrical fixed yoke surrounding said magnetic moving means, and a coil disposed on the inside of said fixed yoke; and said magnetic moving means comprises an intermediate yoke mounted on the outer peripheral surface of said shift lever support member, a pair of annular permanent magnets disposed respectively on both sides of said intermediate yoke, holding said intermediate yoke therebetween and having magnetic poles in both end surfaces thereof in the axial direction, and movable yokes disposed respectively on the outer sides of said pair of permanent magnets in the axial direction thereof; said movable yokes having annular flanges located close to the inner peripheral surface of said fixed yoke.