Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle shift device with lateral and longitudinal motion
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Application No.: US16951694Application Date: 2020-11-18
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Publication No.: US11434990B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Hiroki Uemura , Yoshito Hirata , Tomonori Ohtsubo , Masanori Taguchi , Kouji Tokunaga , Akira Michinaga
- Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2019-234257 20191225
- Main IPC: F16H59/10
- IPC: F16H59/10 ; F16H59/02 ; F16H61/02

Abstract:
A shift device comprises a shift lever and a shift knob. A driver moves the shift knob in a longitudinal direction when a shift change is conducted between plural traveling positions. The driver moves the shift knob, in a lateral direction, toward a driver's side when the shift change is conducted from a R position to a P position. When viewed from a vehicle rear side, the shift lever located at the traveling positions takes a first position where the shift lever is inclined, relative to its upright state, in a direction of separating its upper end portion with the shift knob from a driver's seat, whereas the shift lever located at the P position takes a second position where the shift lever is in the upright state or in a state which is closer to the upright state than the first position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210199193A1 SHIFT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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