Patent ID: 7621198

Claim:
A shift lever device for operation of a transmission of a vehicle having a plurality of shift ranges, the shift lever device comprising: a lever main body for shifting having a proximal end side, and a distal end side which has shift positions corresponding to the respective shift ranges; a housing movably supporting the proximal end side of the lever main body one of directly and indirectly; a light source provided one of directly and indirectly at one of the housing and the lever main body; a knob mounted to a distal end portion of the lever main body, and having a transmitting portion through which light can be transmitted, and transmitting light, which has been guided to an interior of the knob from the transmitting portion, to an exterior of the knob; a light guiding portion provided at one or both of the knob and the lever main body, and guiding light from the light source to the interior of the knob; and a light guiding control portion including a shutter member operatively connected to and moving with the lever main body, and a light guide between the light source and the shutter member, wherein said shutter does not block light from the light guide to the knob transmitting portion when the lever main body is positioned at least at one specific shift position, and which, when the lever main body is positioned at a position other than the specific shift position, is moved by the lever main body to a position blocking the light from the light guide to the knob transmitting portion.