Patent ID: 7730802

Claim:
A shift lever device for a vehicle, comprising: a shift lever having a pivot shaft formed at a base end of the shift lever integrally, the pivot shaft extending along a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the shift lever; a base having an opening formed to allow the shift lever to be inserted into the base and a pair of bearing parts formed so as to lie on opposing sides of the opening, each of the bearing parts having a bearing hole formed in the bearing part to adjoin the opening, and a guide groove formed in the bearing part to communicate with the bearing hole, for introducing the pivot shaft into the bearing hole, wherein the guide groove partially extends through a width of the bearing part; and a bearing bush disposed between the pivot shaft and the bearing hole, the bearing bush having a latch hook provided to engage with an interior of the bearing hole, the bearing bush having a cylindrical shaft hole for supporting the pivot shaft rotatably therein, wherein the pivot shaft is introduced into the bearing hole only through the guide groove so that the pivot shaft is disposed in the bearing hole, the bearing bush is introduced into the bearing hole only from an axial direction of the bearing hole, the pivot shaft is introduced into the shaft hole only from an axial direction of the shaft hole, and the shift lever is rotatably supported by the base through the bearing bush.