US 11,953,087 B1
Shift lever device for electric vehicle
Saburo Kato, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to Mannoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Anjo (JP)
Filed by MANNOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,189.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-009151 (JP), filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Int. Cl. F16H 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 59/105 (2013.01) [F16H 61/0204 (2013.01); F16H 2061/247 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shift lever device for an electric vehicle, the shift lever device comprising:
a retainer in which a spherical bearing is disposed;
a lever body that is able to swing in a shift direction and a select direction about a ball held in the spherical bearing; and
a position sensor unit that is placed at a lower portion of the retainer, wherein
the position sensor unit includes a slider that is able to slide in a case in the select direction, a magnet that is able to slide on the slider in the shift direction, a sensor board that is placed on a bottom of the case and configured to detect a position of the magnet, and a detent plate with a manual transmission shift pattern placed on a top surface of the case, and
the magnet is engaged with a lower end of the lever body that penetrates the detent plate and extends into the case, and
wherein the lever body includes a shift bellcrank that is configured to swing in a shift plane when a shifting operation is given to the lever body, and
a shift detent pin that is provided on a tip end of the shift bellcrank is made to come into contact with a shift detent ridge fixed to the retainer to hold a position in the shift direction.