US 12,449,033 B2
Shift device
Hironori Watanabe, Aichi (JP); Syuji Nakamura, Aichi (JP); Kazuhiro Saito, Aichi (JP); Masao Ando, Aichi (JP); Haruki Seto, Aichi (JP); and Kakunari Takeda, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,484.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-080288 (JP), filed on May 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366460 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 59/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 59/105 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shift device comprising:
a shift body that, when operated, is configured to change a shift position;
a first switch that, when operated, is configured to control a drivetrain system of a vehicle; and
a second switch that, when operated, is configured to control a non-drivetrain system of the vehicle, the second switch having a different operating sound from the first switch,
wherein the difference in operating sound allows a user to distinguish between the first switch and the second switch.