JP-7854882-B2 - Shift device

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Inventors

今井裕作
水野弘規
山村敬博

Assignees

株式会社東海理化電機製作所

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20220713

Claims (4)

A shift mechanism that rotates to change the shift position, The shift body is rotated and the rotating part is rotated, A support that supports the rotating part, A setting body that supports the shift body and sets the position of the shift body, A shift device comprising the ability to change the angle between the rotation axis direction of the shift body and the rotation axis direction of the rotating part .
The connecting portion provided on the shift body, The rotating part is provided with a connected part to which the connecting part is connected, The shift device according to claim 1, comprising, wherein the circumferential surface of one of the connecting portion and the connected portion is spherical, and the other of the connecting portion and the connected portion is housed in the other of the connecting portion and the connected portion .
The shift device according to claim 1 , further comprising a biasing portion provided on the setting body for biasing the shift body toward the shift position .
The shift device according to claim 1 , wherein the setting body is fixed to the support body .

Description

This invention relates to a shift device in which the shift position is changed by rotating the shift body. In the rotary shifter described in Patent Document 1 below, the plunger housing is rotated by the rotation of a knob. Furthermore, the plunger housing is supported by the package housing. In this rotary shifter, the knob is fixed to the plunger housing. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2019/0049002 (A) and (B) are perspective views taken from the left front to show a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with (A) showing the overall device and (B) showing the device with the front plate removed.This is a perspective view from the left front, showing the shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention with the base cover and knob cover removed.This is a front view showing the inside of a plate in a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention.This is a side view from below showing the main parts of a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention.(A) and (B) are perspective views showing the knob and base of a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (A) is a view from the front left and (B) is a view from the lower front.(A) and (B) are perspective views showing the base of a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (A) is a view from the left front and (B) is a view from the front lower and at an angle.This is a rear-view perspective showing the rotating shaft and rotation detection mechanism in a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention.Figures (A) to (C) are perspective views taken from the left front, showing the knob and rotating shaft in a shift device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (A) shows the knob in position H, (B) shows the knob in position D, and (C) shows the knob in position R. Figure 1(A) shows a perspective view of the entire shift device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, viewed from the left front. In the drawing, the front of the shift device 10 is indicated by arrow FR, the left side of the shift device 10 is indicated by arrow LH, and the top of the shift device 10 is indicated by arrow UP. The shift device 10 according to this embodiment is mounted on the steering column (not shown) of the vehicle body, and the front, left, and upper ends of the shift device 10 are directed towards the rear, left, and upper sides of the vehicle, respectively. As shown in Figure 1(A), the shift device 10 is provided with a resin plate 12 that is roughly rectangular in shape and box-shaped, serving as a support. The plate 12 is attached to the steering column, and the shift device 10 is installed in the vehicle. The front portion of the plate 12 is provided with a roughly rectangular in shape and box-shaped front plate 12A, which is open to the rear. The rear portion of the plate 12 is provided with a roughly rectangular in shape and box-shaped rear plate 12B, which is open to the front. The plate 12 is constructed by assembling the front plate 12A and the rear plate 12B in the front-rear direction. A roughly rectangular fixing plate 12C (see Figures 2 and 3) is integrally provided on the left side of the rear plate 12B. The fixing plate 12C extends to the left and is positioned perpendicularly in the front-to-back direction. The vertical center of the fixing plate 12C is concave towards the rear, and the interior of the vertical center of the fixing plate 12C is open to the left and front sides. A block-shaped base 14 (joint member, see Figures 2 and 6) is provided on the left side of the rear plate 12B as a setting element. The right portion of the base 14 is a U-shaped fixing portion 14A in front view, and the base 14 is fixed to the front side of the fixing plate 12C of the rear plate 12B at the fixing portion 14A. The inside of the fixing portion 14A is open to the right, front, and rear, and communicates with the vertically central part of the fixing plate 12C. The left portion of the base 14 is a roughly cylindrical setting portion 14B, whose interior communicates with the fixing portion 14A of the base 14, and is inclined in a direction that moves forward as the axial direction moves to the left. The base 14 is covered by a roughly truncated square pyramidal cylindrical base cover 16, which is fixed to the left side of the rear plate 12B. A curved plate-shaped biasing piece 14C, acting as a biasing part (knock joint), is integrally provided on the upper and lower parts of the left end face of the setting part 14B of the base 14. The biasing piece 14C protrudes to the left and is curved along the circumferential direction of the setting part 14B. A biasing surface 14D with a roughly V-shaped concave cross-section is formed on the left side of the biasing piece 14C. The biasing surface 14D is inclined to the left as it moves from the central part (the central part in the