JPH06323408A - Shift device with manual speed selection mechanism of automatic transmission for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a moderation feeling in a shift device which switches ordinary speed change ranges and manually selects speed. CONSTITUTION:A shift device with a manual speed selection mechanism of automatic transmission for vehicle is provided with a stationary member 1 attached to a car body, swinging retainer 2 which is supported swingably forward and rearward around the shaft X provided on the stationary member 1, and shift lever 3 which is disengaged from the swinging retainer 2 by the rotation of a shaft Y supported swingably forward and rearward around the shafts X and Y, and locking member 5 which makes the swinging retainer 2 disengage from the stationary member 1. Detent mechanisms 223 and 64 are arranged between the shift lever 3 and the swinging retainer 2 to give a moderation feeling to the rotation around the shaft X after the shift lever 3 is disengaged from the swinging retainer 2 locked to the stationary member 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift device for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, and more particularly to a shift device capable of switching a normal shift range and manually selecting a speed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The shift pattern of a shift operation portion in a conventional automatic transmission is not limited to parking (P), reverse (R), neutral (N), drive (D) ranges, and engine braking on mountain roads and the like. The second (S) and the low (L) ranges that act on the I pattern are arranged along a series path. Then, in the current automatic transmission, the range switching that determines each range of P, R, N, D, S, and L is performed by mechanical switching of the manual valve in the hydraulic servo control circuit that operates the friction engagement element. And a speed change by electronically controlling a solenoid valve in the hydraulic servo control circuit according to a vehicle speed and a throttle opening to select a specific speed stage within the predetermined range. It is configured to do. And D that hits the driving range,
In the S and L ranges, speed selection within each range is automatically performed.

On the other hand, recently, in order to realize driving more suited to human sensibilities, intention of a specific speed stage is considered in order to positively reflect the driver's intention in driving and to consider driving fun. A shift device with a manual speed-selection mechanism that enables selective selection has been developed. As an example of such a shift device, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-157855. This device performs automatic gear shifting as usual by rotating the shift lever in a normal linear pattern, and performs manual speed selection by rotating in the left and right patterns. And with this device,
The rotation of the shift lever in the straight line pattern is mechanically transmitted to the transmission through the shift link, and the rotation of the shift lever in the left and right patterns is detected by the switch without passing through the shift link and is electrically transmitted. Transmitted to the transmission.

[0004]

By the way, in the rotation of the shift lever without the movement of the shift link, as in the above-mentioned shift device, the transmission side is moved at the time of rotation for automatic shift range switching within the linear pattern. It becomes impossible to obtain the position holding function of the shift lever and the moderation sensation associated with the position movement, which is obtained by the detent mechanism of (1) at the time of switching for manual speed selection in the left and right patterns. The above publication does not specifically disclose the correspondence to such a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shift device with a manual speed-selecting mechanism for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, which is capable of obtaining a position holding function of a shift lever and a feeling of moderation even during a manual speed-selecting operation. .

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a stationary member attached to a vehicle body, and an automatic transmission which is swingably supported around a first shaft provided on the stationary member. A swing retainer connected to a machine, and a shift that is rotatably supported around the first shaft and a second shaft orthogonal to the first shaft, and is engaged with and disengaged from the swing retainer by rotation around the second shaft. A shift device with a manual speed-selection mechanism for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, comprising: a lever;
A lock member that engages and disengages the swing retainer with the stationary member by rotation about the axis is provided to be supported by the swing retainer, and a detent mechanism is provided between the shift lever and the swing retainer. , The detent mechanism is
It is composed of a spring means provided on either one of the swing retainer and the shift lever and a detent block provided on the other, and the lock member is linked with rotation of the shift lever about the second axis. In a state in which the dynamic retainer is engaged with the stationary member, a sense of moderation is given to the rotation of the shift lever with respect to the swing retainer about the first axis.

[0007]

In the shift device with a manual speed selecting mechanism for an automatic transmission for a vehicle according to the present invention having the above-described structure, the shift lever and the swing retainer are engaged with each other to rotate about the first shaft. At the time of automatic gear shift range rotation, the detent mechanism on the transmission side originally associated with the automatic transmission can hold the shift lever at each range position and provide a moderation feeling at the time of position shift. On the other hand, during manual speed selection in which the engagement between the shift lever and the swing retainer is released by the rotation of the shift lever around the second axis, the shift lever is automatically replaced in place of the detent mechanism on the transmission side. The detent mechanism arranged between the rocking retainer and the rocking retainer is activated, the engagement of the detent mechanism is released, and the position of the shift lever is held with respect to the rocking retainer that is immovable with respect to the stationary member. As a result, the shift lever is held at a predetermined manual speed selecting position preset with respect to the stationary member. When the position is moved, the latter detent mechanism provides a unique moderation feeling.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by providing the detent mechanism, the position holding function of the shift lever and a feeling of moderation can be obtained even during the manual speed-selecting operation. In addition, since the detent mechanism is arranged between the shift lever and the swing retainer and is operated by the relative movement of the two, it does not depend on the setting of the detent mechanism on the transmission side. It becomes possible to set the movement stroke, operating load, load change, etc.
It becomes possible to obtain an arbitrary operation feeling suitable for manual speed selection.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the entire structure of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the respective constituent members in an overlapping manner. In the following description of the embodiments, expressions such as front and rear, left and right, and up and down are described according to the arrangement state of the embodiment apparatus in a vehicle for convenience of description, and these expressions are the present invention. Does not limit the idea of.

As shown in FIG. 1, this shift device includes a stationary member 1 mounted on a vehicle body (not shown) and a stationary member 1.
A swing retainer 2 supported so as to be capable of swinging back and forth around a first shaft (hereinafter referred to as "left and right shaft") X provided on the left and right shafts X, and a second shaft (hereinafter, referred to as "front and rear shaft") orthogonal to the left and right shafts X. A shift lever 3 that is rotatably supported in the front-rear and left-right directions around Y and is engaged with and disengaged from the swing retainer 2 by left-right rotation around the front-rear axis Y, and a switch box 4 as a means for detecting the rotation of the shift lever 3. ing. In accordance with the subject matter of the present invention, a lock member (lock plate in this example) 5 that engages and disengages the swing retainer 2 with the stationary member 1 by rotation of the shift lever 3 around the longitudinal axis Y is supported by the swing retainer 2. A detent mechanism is provided between the shift lever 3 and the swing retainer 2. In this detent mechanism, if one of the mounting targets is the swing retainer 2 and the other mounting target is the shift lever 3, the specific configuration is as shown in FIG. 3, like the conventional detent mechanism described in detail later. Plate-shaped spring (Detent spring 8
8) and a plate-shaped cam (detent lever 84), but in this example, in detail, the detent block 223 formed on the gate plate 22 of the swing retainer 2 and the left and right of the shift lever 3 It is composed of spring means provided in the crossing sleeve 6 forming a fulcrum of rotation around the axis X, that is, a detent plunger mechanism 64 in this example.

Explaining the detailed structure of each part, first, the stationary member 1 is composed of a dish-shaped support part 11 (see FIG. 2) bolted to a vehicle body (not shown) and a front part welded and fixed to the upper surface thereof. The main body 12 has an open U-shape. A pair of brackets 111 projecting downward at the central portion of the support portion 11 is cut and raised, and a bolt hole 113 through which a shaft bolt 112 forming the left-right axis X is inserted is formed in the bracket 111. . A hole 121 is punched out above the pair of left and right side walls of the main body 12, and the front and rear surfaces of the hole form a swing lock surface 122 of the lock plate 5. Further, an inhibit hole 123 is punched out at the center of the left side wall of the main body portion 12, and the upper surface of this hole constitutes an inhibit cam surface.

Next, the swing retainer 2 has a main body 21 formed in a U shape having an open lower side, and a plastic gate plate 22 having four corners bolted to an upper wall thereof.
A manual valve connecting member 23 (the connection relationship between this member and the automatic transmission will be described later in detail) which is welded and fixed to the inner lower end of the right side wall. A hole 211 through which the bolt 112 is inserted is formed in the lower side wall of the main body 21, a bracket 212 is formed to project from the front edges of the both side walls to mount and support the switch box 4, and an inhibit plate is further provided on the left side wall. Three guide posts 213 are attached that engage with the seven long holes 72 (described later in detail) and guide the vertical movement thereof. A hole 214 for inserting the shift lever 3 and a hole 215 for inserting a detent block 223 (which will be described later in detail) are formed in the upper wall of the main body 21 by punching, and further project leftward from the upper wall to form a pair of springs. The support protrusion 216 is formed.

On the other hand, the gate plate 22 has a hole 221 through which the shift lever 3 is inserted and a pair of grooved flanges 22 for slidingly guiding the lock plate 5 in a direction orthogonal to the hole 221.
2 and the above detent block 223 having a cam surface projecting from the lower surface. Hole 221
Are formed in an H shape in which I-shaped holes are connected to each other at their central portions, and the front-rear length of the connection portion of the holes substantially corresponds to the front-rear width of the connecting portion 32 of the shift lever inserted therethrough. It is a dimension. Therefore, when the shift lever 3 is rotated back and forth about the left-right axis while being positioned at the connection portion of the hole of the gate plate 22, the movement of the shift lever 3 is transmitted to the main body 21 via the gate plate 22.

The lock plate 5 is made of plastic and has a cross shape, and the shift lever 3 is provided at the center thereof.
An I-shaped elongated hole 53 through which the connecting portion 32 is inserted is formed. The width of the long hole 53 is substantially equivalent to the left-right width of the connecting portion 32 of the shift lever inserted in the long hole, and the length thereof is substantially equal to the interval between the grooved flanges 222 of the gate plate 22. Therefore, the lock plate 5 is guided by the grooved collar 222 when the shift lever 3 rotates left and right around the front-rear axis Y and slides in the direction orthogonal to the hole 221 of the gate plate 22 while the shift lever 3 moves. It does not interlock with the movement of the shift lever 3 when rotating back and forth around the left-right axis X.

The shift lever 3 has a stem 31 to which an operation knob is attached and a connecting portion 32 fixed to the lower end by welding.
And a U-shaped arm portion 33 bolted to the lower end thereof. In addition, an inhibit pin 34 is arranged below the stem 31 so as to be movable up and down like a conventional shift lever. An operation arm 35 for switching the switch box 4 is welded and fixed to the upper edge of the connecting portion 32, and a spherical portion 351 is formed at the tip thereof.
The arm portion 33 is supported by the crossing sleeve 6 via a shaft bolt 63 through which the sleeve portion 62 is inserted so that the arm portion 33 can rotate left and right around the front-rear axis Y.

The crossing sleeve 6 has sleeve portions 61 and 62 which are orthogonal to each other and through which a bolt 112 forming the left-right axis X and a bolt 63 forming the front-rear axis Y are inserted.
The detent plunger mechanism 64 is provided upright from the upper left side of the sleeve portion 61. This mechanism 64
Is a detent mechanism for the swing retainer 2 of the shift lever 3 in cooperation with the detent block 223, and the crossover sleeve 6 moves integrally with the shift lever 3 about the left-right axis X. In this example, the detent plunger mechanism 64 is provided in the cross sleeve 6 instead of the shift lever 3. With this arrangement, the upper end of the plunger 641 pushed up by the spring of the detent plunger mechanism 64 cooperates with the downward cam surface of the detent block 223 to hold the shift lever 3 at each speed selecting position, and between the speed selecting positions. It produces a feeling of moderation when moving.

Further, a torsion spring contact member 65 extending rearward from the right upper surface of the sleeve 6 is provided in parallel with the sleeve portion 62. The contact member 65 is sandwiched between both operating ends 661 and 662 of a torsion spring 66 having a coil portion wound around the outer periphery of the rear portion of the sleeve 62 and supports them, and the arm portion 33 has , A torsion spring contact member 331 similar to this
Is provided so as to project forward. Therefore, when the shift lever 3 is rotated left and right with respect to the crossing sleeve 6, the contact member 331 separates one of the two operating ends 661 and 662 of the torsion spring 66, while the other of the operating ends is separated. Is supported by the abutment member 65, the shift lever 3 has the torsion spring 66.
Neutral return force by.

The inhibit plate 7 is provided with the inhibit hole 123 of the stationary member main body 12 at substantially the center thereof.
The plate pin 71 which is inserted through the plate and constitutes an inhibit mechanism in cooperation with the inhibit cam surface is planted.
On both sides thereof, long holes 72 into which the guide posts 213 attached to the main body 21 of the swing retainer 2 are fitted are formed by punching, and holes 73 through which the cross-shaped left and right ears of the lock plate 5 are inserted are formed in the upper portion. Are punched out, and spring support protrusions 74 are formed on both sides of the lower end. In addition, the upper edge 75 of the inhibit plate 7 is formed in an arc shape centered on the left-right axis X at the raised position, and the displacement of the inhibit plate 7 is prevented while avoiding the interference with the inhibit pin 34 due to the swing of the shift lever 3. It plays a role of communication.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a connecting mechanism between the manual valve connecting member and the automatic transmission. The manual valve connecting member 23 is a control rod 8.
1 is connected to an outer lever 83 attached to one end of the manual shaft 82. A detent lever 84 is attached to the other end of the manual shaft 82, and a manual valve 86 that slides in the valve body 85 is connected to the detent lever 84 via a rod 87. A cam notch 841 is formed on the peripheral surface of the detent lever 84, and a detent spring 88 is arranged so that the operating end of the cam notch 841 abuts.

The switch box 4 is screwed to the bracket 212 of the main body 21. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing details of the switch box. The switch box 4 includes a case 41, a slider 42 that slides inside the case 41, and a printed circuit board (hereinafter referred to as “PC board”) 43. The slider 42 is provided with a contact plate 45, and the case 41 and the slider 4 are provided.
A slider guide 44 is interposed between the two. The slider guide 44 slides back and forth in the case 41 by a guide groove 412 formed on the lower surface of the case 41 being fitted and guided by a protrusion (not shown) protruding from the upper surface of the slider guide 44. A stopper for preventing the slider 42 from being pulled out upward and a guide means for guiding the slider 42 to the left and right.
The slider 42 has a joint portion 422 that stands upright from the upper surface of the block portion 421 and projects to the outside through the case opening 411.
The spherical portion 351 of the operating arm 35 is slidably fitted to the cylindrical surface 423 (see FIG. 1) formed inside the hollow portion. The block portion 421 of the slider 42 is provided with two front and one rear notches 422 to 424, and the protrusions 451 to 453 of the contact plate 45 are fitted into these notches 451 to 453. A cut-and-raised portion (one of which is indicated by reference numeral 454) provided in the stepped portion of the notches 422 to 424 (one of which is indicated by reference numeral 425).
(Shown by) is retained and supported. Three contact points 455 to 457 are formed on the lower surface of the contact plate 45 at the apexes of a triangle, and are housed in the holes formed in the block portion 421 of the slider 42 behind these contact points. A spring 46 is arranged in a compressed state. Therefore, the three contacts 455 to 457 of the contact plate 45 are pressed against the PC board 43 by an appropriate spring force. Although illustration is omitted, a connection terminal is provided on a step portion behind the case 41.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between the circuit pattern of the PC board and the three contacts that come into contact with the circuit pattern. As shown in the figure, the PC board 43 has six conductor portions 431 to 436 separated from each other. Is equipped with. Central conductor part 43
1 is always in contact with one of the contact points of the contact plate 45, and the other conductor portion is in contact with one of the two rear contact points 456, 457 due to the movement of the contact plate 45. In this example, the conductor portion 432 is for the first speed, 434 is for the second speed, 435 is for the third speed, and 436 is for the fourth speed.
433 is not used. The respective contacts are in the positional relationship indicated by D with a circle in the drawing at the P, R, N and D positions of the shift lever.

Next, the operation of the shift device thus constructed will be described step by step. 6 (a) to (d)
FIG. 7 is a side view showing the movement of each member of the shift device by superposing them to each other, and FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the operation of the lock plate of the shift device. In FIG. 7, the inclination of each member caused by the inclination of the swing retainer is ignored.

6 (a) and 7 (a) show the P position, in which the swing retainer 2 is in the most forward swing tilt state, and the shift lever 3 is locked by the lock plate 5. The gate plate 22 is positioned in the left-right direction.
Is located at the connection portion of the H-shaped hole 221. Although not shown in the drawing, the plate pin 71 of the inhibit plate 7 is in the inhibit state by being fitted into the notch on the most front side of the cam surface of the inhibit hole 123 shown in FIG.

When the shift lever 3 is pulled backward while pushing the button of the knob from this P position, the inhibit pin 34
By pushing down, the upper edge 75 of the inhibit plate 7 is pushed downward, and the inhibit plate 7 is guided by the guide post 213 through the long hole 72 of the inhibit plate 7 and descends.
Is removed from the most notch on the cam surface of the inhibit hole 123. Then, the shift lever 3 and the gate plate 2
6 is engaged with the central connecting portion of the H-shaped hole 221 in the front-rear direction, the swing retainer 2 swings rearward together with the shift lever 3, and then passes through the R position and the N position, and then, as shown in FIG. D shown in
Reach the position. During this time, the rotation of the shift lever 3 in the left-right direction is restricted by the contact sliding of the rotation restricting surface 51 of the lock plate 5 and the inner surface of the side wall of the main body 12, as shown in FIG. 7A. With this operation, as shown in FIG. 3, the manual valve connecting member 23 swings back and forth around the left-right axis X, and the control rod 81 connected to the lower end thereof is pushed out forward, so that the outer lever 83 is indicated by an arrow. As described above, the manual valve 86 is swung counterclockwise in the drawing, and the rod 87 is retracted by swinging the manual shaft 82 and the detent lever 84 in the same direction. As a result, the manual valve 86 is switched. The moderation feeling in this operation is given by the spring force of the detent spring 88 that resists the operation of the detent lever 84. The operation so far is not particularly different from the operation of the shift device of the conventional automatic transmission.

When the shift lever 3 reaches the D position, the rotation restricting surface 51 of the lock plate 5 comes into a position matching the hole 121 formed in the side wall of the main body portion 21, so that the left and right rotation restricting of the lock plate 5 is released. It will be allowed to rotate.

At this position, in order to select the first speed, the shift lever 3 is tilted to the left and then pushed forward.
By this tilting operation to the left, the shift lever 3 pushes the lock plate 5 to the left, so that the rocking restriction surface 52 is engaged with the rocking lock surface 122 of the hole 121 of the main body 12 by sliding to the left. However, the rocking motion of the rocking retainer 2 is restricted, and only the shift lever 3 is unregulated. At the time of this operation, the spherical portion 3 of the operation arm 35 fixed to the shift lever 3
51 slides the slider 42 of the switch box 4 to the left. At this time, the neutral force of the torsion spring 66 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) is applied to the shift lever 3, so that the driver can feel the same resistance as the conventional manual shift device.

Then, in the next forward pushing operation, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the connecting portion 32 of the shift lever 3 is
The slider 42 of the switch box 4 is moved forward by moving forward along the long hole 53 of the lock plate 5.
At that time, the plunger 641 of the crossing sleeve 6 moves from the center notch of the cam surface of the detent block 223 to the front notch over the intermediate mountain portion, but the operation resistance due to the spring force of the plunger lifting spring at that time is increased. It is transmitted to the driver as a feeling of moderation, and when switching from the P position to the D position, the detent spring 88 and the cam notch 8
41 (see FIG. 3), the same shift feeling can be obtained. Of course, the detent plunger mechanism 64 and the detent block 223 perform a detent function, and hold the shift lever 3 in the first speed position.
With both of these movements, the slider 4 of the switch box 4
Since 2 moves to the left front, as shown in FIG. 5, each contact moves, the contact 456 of the contact plate 45 contacts the conductor portion 432, and the conductor portion 43 via the contact 457.
1 and the conductor portion 432 are electrically connected to each other so that the first speed signal is output. On the other hand, since the manual valve connecting member 23 shown in FIG. 3 is immovable due to the restraint of the swing retainer 2 to the stationary member 1, the switching of the manual valve 86 via the control rod 81 does not occur.

Next, returning to FIGS. 6 and 7, in order to select the second speed, the shift lever 3 is tilted to the left and then pulled backward. In this tilting operation to the left, the front-back swing of the swing retainer 2 is regulated as in the above, and only the shift lever 3 is not regulated. During this operation, the spherical portion 35
1 slides the slider 42 of the switch box 4 to the left. Then, in the next backward pulling operation, as shown in FIG. 7C, the connecting portion 32 of the shift lever 3 moves backward along the long hole 53 of the lock plate 5, and the slider 42 of the switch box 4 is moved. To move backwards. With both of these movements, each contact of the contact plate 45 shown in FIG. That is, since the contact point 456 moves to the left rear, the conductor portion 431 and the conductor portion 434 are brought into conduction via the contact point 456 and the contact point 457, and the second speed signal is output. In this case also, since the manual valve connecting member 23 is immovable due to the restraint of the swing retainer 2 on the stationary member 1, the switching of the manual valve 86 via the control rod 81 does not occur.

The selection of the third speed is a point-symmetrical movement around the D position as in the case of the second speed, and the lever is tilted to the right from the D position and then pushed forward. Since the operation and function of each member at this time are clear from the above-mentioned operation description, a step-by-step description will be omitted to avoid redundancy, but the positions of the shift lever 3 and the lock plate 5 are shown in FIG. 7) and FIG. 7D, the slider 42 of the switch box 4 is located at the front right position, each contact of the contact plate 45 takes the path of, and the connection relationship is such that the third speed signal is output. .

The selection of the fourth speed is point-symmetrical with respect to the case of the first speed with the D position interposed, and the shift lever 3
The position of is the position shown in FIG. In this case, the slider 42 of the switch box 4 is in the right rear position, and the contact of the contact plate 45 is in the position of
The connection relationship is such that the fourth speed signal is output.

The speed selection signal thus obtained is processed in the same manner as the speed change signal output in the normal automatic transmission in the D range in accordance with the vehicle speed and the throttle opening, and is used to control the speed change solenoid valve. Used.

As described above in detail, in this shift device, at the time of automatic shift range switching in which the shift lever 3 and the swing retainer 2 are engaged and rotate about the left-right axis X, the shift originally associated with the automatic transmission is performed. Holding the shift lever 3 at each range position by the detent mechanism on the machine side,
You can get a feeling of moderation when switching positions. On the other hand, at the time of manual speed selection in which the engagement between the shift lever 3 and the swing retainer 2 is released by the rotation of the shift lever 3 about the front-rear axis Y, the detent mechanism on the transmission side is automatically replaced. The detent mechanism arranged between the shift lever 3 and the swing retainer 2 comes to operate, and the shift lever 3 for the swing retainer 2 which is released from the engagement and is stationary with respect to the stationary member 1. Is held,
As a result, the shift lever 3 is held at a predetermined manual speed selecting position set in advance with respect to the stationary member 1. When the position is moved, the latter detent mechanism provides a unique moderation feeling. Thus, by providing the detent mechanism, the position holding function of the shift lever 3 and a feeling of moderation can be obtained even during the manual speed-selecting operation. In addition, since the detent mechanism is arranged between the shift lever 3 and the swing retainer 2 and is operated by the relative movement of the two, regardless of the setting of the detent mechanism on the transmission side. It becomes possible to set the stroke for moving each position, the operation load, the load change, etc., and it becomes possible to obtain an arbitrary operation feeling suitable for manual speed selection.

Further, in this shift device, the left and right ears of the lock plate 5 formed in the shape of a cross serve as guide means for the movement of the shift lever 3 along the I pattern during automatic speed change, and manual selection. Since the rocking retainer 2 also has a function as a locking means during a high speed operation, the device can be made compact by having two functions in a single member. Further, since the shift device can be housed in the center console 100 (see FIG. 6A) of the vehicle by such a related arrangement of the lock plate 5 and the stationary member 1, it is not necessary to consider the appearance. The design of the upper plate 101 is not only capable of ensuring a sufficient strength as a lock mechanism, but also higher than the conventional one in which the upper plate of the center console 100 has a strength to be used as a guide means. There is also a side effect of eliminating the above constraint. Furthermore, according to the switch arrangement of this embodiment, by mounting the switch box 4 on the swing retainer 2, P,
Since the relative movement between the switch box 4 and the shift lever 3 during the movement of the shift lever 3 between the R, N and D positions can be eliminated and the stroke required for the switch contact can be minimized, the switch box 4 can be made compact. Has also been achieved.

Although the present invention has been described in detail based on one embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the disclosure of the above embodiment, and various details can be obtained within the scope of the matters described in the claims. It is needless to say that the specific configuration of can be changed and implemented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the overall structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the entire structure by superposing each component.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing how the embodiment apparatus is connected to an automatic transmission.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a switch box of the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a PC board in a switch box.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing the operation of the apparatus of the embodiment in order.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the operation of the lock plate of the embodiment apparatus.

[Explanation of reference symbols] 1 stationary member 2 swing retainer 3 shift lever 5 lock plate (lock member) 64 detent plunger mechanism (spring means) 223 detent block X left and right shaft (first shaft) Y front and rear shaft (second shaft) )

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A stationary member attached to a vehicle body, a swing retainer that is swingably supported around a first shaft provided on the stationary member, and is connected to an automatic transmission; the first shaft; A shift lever with a manual speed-selecting mechanism for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, comprising a shift lever rotatably supported about a second axis orthogonal to the axis and engaged with and disengaged from the swing retainer by rotation about the second axis. In the device, a lock member that engages and disengages the swing retainer with the stationary member by rotation of the shift lever around the second axis is provided supported by the swing retainer, and the shift lever and the swing retainer are provided. A detent mechanism is disposed between the detent mechanism and the detent mechanism, and the detent mechanism includes a spring means provided on one of the swing retainer and the shift lever and a detent block provided on the other. The first shaft with respect to the swing retainer of the shift lever in a state where the lock member engages the swing retainer with the stationary member in association with rotation of the shift lever around the second axis. A shift device with a manual speed-selection mechanism for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, which gives a sense of moderation to the rotation of the vehicle.