IP Library Granted Patent US 12680607
Granted Patent B2
US 12680607 · App. 18/225,941 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Shift device

Inventors: Kakunari Takeda (Aichi, JP); Kazuhiro Saito (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
F16H59/105
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12680607
App. No.
18/225,941
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a shift device, a magnetic sensor detects a rotational movement position of a lever. A lower light guide of the lever guides light from LEDs. The LEDs and the magnetic sensor are provided at a circuit board. Accordingly, a number of components may be reduced.

Claims (26)

1 . A shift device for a vehicle, comprising:

a shift body including a rotatable portion that is operable by rotational movement to change a shift position among plural shift positions of the vehicle;

a guide member that is provided at the shift body and that guides light; and

a mounting body at which an emission section and a detection portion are provided, the emission section emitting light to the guide member and the detection portion detecting a movement position of the shift body,

wherein the guide member is provided in an insertion hole formed in the rotatable portion of the shift body, and

the guide member and the rotatable portion of the shift body are rotationally moveable in a front and rear direction of the vehicle due to the shift body being rotationally operated.

2 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the emission section includes a plurality of emission portions that emit light, and an incidence face is provided at the guide member, the light emitted by the emission portions being incident on the incidence face, and a number of the emission portions that oppose the incidence face is maintained at a same number when the shift body is moved.

3 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the detection portion detects the movement position of the shift body, sideward of the guide member.

4 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein an urging mechanism is provided sideward of the guide member, the urging mechanism urging the shift body toward a shift position side thereof.

5 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein a side face of a bent portion of the guide member is curved.

6 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the mounting body is a circuit board, the emission section being electrically connected to a control device of the vehicle via the circuit board and the detection portion being electrically connected to the control device via the circuit board.

7 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein an incident face is provided at the guide member, the light emitted by the emission section being incident on the incidence face, and the incidence face of the guide member is movable in the front and rear direction due to the shift body being rotationally operated.

8 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein a protrusion portion is provided protruding from the guide member, a decreasing section that decreases a contact area with the guide member being provided at the protrusion portion.

9 . The shift device of claim 8 , wherein the decreasing section is a slit portion formed between the guide member and the protrusion portion.

10 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the plural shift positions include a drive position corresponding to a drive range of a transmission of the vehicle and a reverse position corresponding to a reverse range of the transmission.

11 . The shift device of claim 10 , wherein the mounting body is a circuit board, the emission section being electrically connected to a control device of the vehicle via the circuit board and the detection portion being electrically connected to the control device of the vehicle via the circuit board, and the control device is electrically connected to the transmission.

12 . The shift device of claim 1 , wherein the guide member is rotationally movable together with the rotational portion of shift body in the front and rear direction due to the shift body being rotationally operated.

13 . The shift device of claim 12 , wherein an incident face is provided at the guide member, the light emitted by the emission section being incident on the incidence face, and the incidence face of the guide member is movable in the front and rear direction due to the shift body being rotationally operated.

14 . The shift device of claim 13 , wherein the emission section includes a plurality of emission portions that emit light, and an incidence face is provided at the guide member, the light emitted by the emission portions being incident on the incidence face, and a number of the emission portions that oppose the incidence face is maintained at a same number when the shift body is moved.

15 . A shift device for a vehicle, comprising:

a shift body that is operable by rotational movement to change a shift position among plural shift positions of the vehicle;

a guide member that is provided at a rotatable portion of the shift body and that guides light; and

a mounting body at which an emission section and a detection portion are provided, the emission section emitting light to the guide member and the detection portion detecting a movement position of the shift body, wherein

the guide member is provided in an insertion hole formed in the rotatable portion of the shift body, and

the rotatable portion of the shift body is rotationally movable about an axis which extends along a right and left direction of the vehicle, and

the guide member and the rotatable portion of the shift body are rotationally movable about the axis in a front and rear direction of the vehicle due to the shift body being rotationally operated.