JPH1134687A - Shift lever apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shift lever apparatus in which the position of the shift lever can easily be confirmed. SOLUTION: A first cover slide 38 on which through holes 42 are formed corresponding to window parts 28 and a third cover slide 58 on which a cut part 64 is formed are installed between respective windows 28 of an upper housing 12 and a light emitting part 68 of an EL panel 66. At the time when a shift lever 24 is shifted in a first shift hole 18, red color light transmitted through a red color filter 76 installed above the light emitting part 68 comes out of any one of window parts 28 by setting a through hole 42 and a cut part 64, which are set on the opposite to each other, on the opposite to the window part 28 and an occupant can see light emitted out of only the window part 28. On the other hand, the shift lever 24 is selectively operated to a second shift hole 20 side, the third cover slide 58 is displaced approximately toward the front of a vehicle relatively to the first cover slide 38 and the through hole 42 and the cut part 64 are shifted from each other and consequently, no light comes out any window 28.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a shift lever device for operating a transmission of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A shift lever device provided on the side of a driver's seat of a so-called automatic vehicle to which an automatic transmission is applied,
A housing formed of a resin material is provided, and a shift lever penetrates an elongated hole formed in the housing so that the shift lever can perform a shift operation.

In this housing, characters such as "P", "R", "N", and "D" indicating the shift range of the automatic transmission are formed. When the shift lever is shifted, the shift range of the automatic transmission can be changed to a shift range corresponding to the character. Further, windows are formed on the sides of these characters. A lamp house containing a light bulb is provided on the back side of these characters and the window, and the light of the light bulb passes through the letters and the window, for example,
Even at night, it is easy to see each position.

Further, in order to effectively use the space in the shift lever device (that is, in the housing), a shift lever in which a thin flat EL panel (electro luminescence panel) is applied instead of the above-described lamp house. Devices have also been devised.

[0005]

By the way, in a shift lever device to which an EL panel is applied, usually, the EL panel is arranged immediately below the above-mentioned characters and windows, and the position of the shift lever is determined. Since light is transmitted through all the windows, there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of identifying the position where the shift lever is located.

An object of the present invention is to provide a shift lever device capable of easily confirming the position of a shift lever in consideration of the above fact.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shift lever device, wherein a shift lever connected to a transmission penetrates to allow a shift operation and a position of the shift lever corresponding to a shift range of the transmission. A housing provided with a plurality of windows corresponding to the plurality of windows, a light source provided on the back side of the housing corresponding to the plurality of windows, and emitting light toward each of the windows, and the plurality of windows Provided between the light source and the light source, the shift lever penetrates and moves with the shift lever by the shift operation, and transmits predetermined light from the light source to a window corresponding to the position of the shift lever. And a cover slide on which a transmitting portion for transmitting light is formed.

In the shift lever device having the above structure, when the shift lever is shifted to a position corresponding to any one of a plurality of shift ranges of the transmission, the cover slide moves with the shift operation. In this state, the light emitted from the light source passes through the transmitting portion of the cover slide, and further reaches the window corresponding to the position of the shift lever among the plurality of windows provided in the housing. . For this reason, the window portion where the light has arrived looks shining from the occupant side, and it can be easily recognized that the shift lever is located at that position, that is, the current shift range.

A shift lever device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the shift lever device according to the first aspect, wherein the transmission portion of the cover slide is provided between the cover slide and the light source, and the shift portion of the shift lever is operated in accordance with a select operation of the shift lever. It is characterized by having a shutter that opens and closes.

[0010] In the shift lever device having the above-described structure, the transmission portion of the cover slide is opened and closed by the shift operation of the shift lever. Since the occupant can easily check whether the window is shining by opening and closing the transmission part, it is easy to check whether or not the shift lever has been selected.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a shift lever device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the shift lever device 1
No. 0 has an upper housing 12 as a housing integrally formed in a substantially box shape with an opening substantially on the lower side of the vehicle (in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 1). The upper housing 12 is integrally formed of, for example, a hard synthetic resin material such as an acrylic resin material. The upper housing 12 is made of a synthetic resin material colored black, brown, or the like. Alternatively, after forming the upper housing 12 with a transparent synthetic resin material, printing such as screen printing, or The pattern or the like is provided on the front or back surface by a transfer film or the like on which the pattern or the like is transferred by heating, so that most of the upper housing 12 does not transmit light.

A through hole 16 is formed in the upper wall portion 14 of the upper housing 12. The through-hole 16 includes a first shift hole 18 extending in a longitudinal direction substantially along the front-rear direction of the vehicle (the directions of arrows A and B in FIG. 1).
And a second shift hole 20 whose length in the longitudinal direction is shorter than the first shift hole 18 and a longitudinal direction substantially along the left-right direction of the vehicle (the direction of arrows C and D in FIG. 1). And a select hole 22 that connects the longitudinally intermediate portion of the hole 18 and the second shift hole 20. These first shift hole 18, second shift hole 20, select hole 2
2 are substantially in the vertical direction of the vehicle (arrows E and F in FIG. 1) connected to the automatic transmission by a connecting means such as a wire.
The shift lever 2 which is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the rod-shaped shift lever 24 along the
4 can be shifted along the first shift hole 18 or the second shift hole 20 (movement substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction).
2 can be selected (moving substantially in the left-right direction of the vehicle).

A plurality of character portions 26 such as "P", "R", "N", and "D" are formed substantially on the right side of the vehicle of the upper housing 12. Unlike the other parts of the upper housing 12, these character portions 26 are transparent or translucent that can transmit light. Further, a rectangular window 28 is formed between each character portion 26 and the first shift hole 18. These windows 28 are also transparent or translucent so as to transmit light, similarly to the character portions 26. On the other hand, a pair of character portions 30 of “+” and “−” are formed substantially on the left side of the second shift hole 20 of the upper housing 12 in the vehicle. These character portions 30 are also a character portion 26 and a window portion 28.
As in the case of, it is transparent or translucent that can transmit light.

The character portions 26 and 30 and the window portion 28
For example, when the upper housing 12 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material which is previously opaquely colored, the character portions 26, 30 and the window portion 28, or the character portions 26, 30 and the window portion 28 A predetermined area including a portion is formed in advance through a through hole, and formed by fitting a transparent or translucent part corresponding to the character portions 26, 30 and the window portion 28 into the removed portion. Is done.
When a pattern or the like is formed on the front surface or the back surface of the upper wall portion 14 by screen printing or transfer by a transfer film or the like, screen printing is performed so that the character portions 26 and 30 and the window portion 28 are transparent or translucent. And transfer is performed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of vertical walls 34 are formed on the back side of the upper wall portion 14 so as to extend in the longitudinal direction substantially along the vehicle longitudinal direction. One of these vertical walls 34 is provided between the character portion 26 and the window portion 28, and the other is provided substantially on the right side of the character portion 30 in the vehicle (in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 2). In addition, two locking pieces 36 are provided on the substantially vehicle lower side end of each vertical wall 34. Each locking piece 36 is formed substantially at the center in the vehicle front-rear direction from both ends of the vertical wall 34 substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the other vertical piece facing the vertical wall 34 on which the locking pieces 36 are formed. It extends substantially parallel to the back surface of the upper wall portion 14 toward the wall 34 side. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, in the portion where the locking pieces 36 are formed, the vertical wall 34 including the locking pieces 36 has a hook shape, and the first wall disposed between the vertical walls 34. The cover slide 38 is slidably held substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction.

The first cover slide 38 is formed of a synthetic resin material in the shape of a thin flat plate extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The first cover slide 38 is made of a synthetic resin material colored black, brown, or the like, or printed after forming the first cover slide 38 with a transparent synthetic resin material. Alternatively, a pattern of black, brown, or a similar color to the upper housing 12 or the like is applied to the front or back surface by transfer using a transfer film or the like, so that most of the first cover slide 38 does not transmit light. .

The first cover slide 38 has an elongated hole 40 extending longitudinally along the width direction of the first cover slide 38. The length of the long hole 40 is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the shift lever 24, and the shift lever 24 that has passed through the through hole 16 of the upper housing 12 penetrates (however, in the drawing, the shift lever 24 is substantially similar to the vehicle). Since the lower side is omitted, the state penetrating the long hole 40 is not shown). For this reason, when the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18 or the second shift hole 20, the inner peripheral portion of the long hole 40 is pressed by the shift lever 24, and the first cover slide 38 is moved. When the shift lever 24 is selectively operated along the select hole 22, the first cover slide 38 is slid along the vertical wall 34 substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction while being held by the locking piece 36. The shift lever 24 moves in the elongated hole 40 without sliding in any direction.

Further, the first cover slide 38 has a rectangular through hole 42 as a transmitting portion. The through-hole 42 is provided when the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18 and is positioned substantially on the vehicle left side of one of the character portions 26 of the plurality of character portions 26 (that is, the automatic transmission). When the shift lever 24 is located at a position corresponding to any one of a plurality of shift ranges set in the machine), the through-hole 42 is positioned such that the window 28 and the through-hole 42 face each other. Are formed.

A pair of holding portions 48 are formed on the back surface of the first cover slide 38 (the surface opposite to the upper wall portion 14 of the upper housing 12) and on both sides in the width direction of the elongated hole 40. Have been. These holding portions 48 have a vertical wall shape extending in the width direction of the first cover slide 38, and the substantially lower end portion of the first cover slide 38 faces the other holding portion 48 side. It is bent substantially parallel to the back surface of the slide 38. Therefore, the holding portion 48 is viewed from the side (FIG. 1).
(When viewed from the direction of arrow C or arrow D in FIG. 2).

The holding portions 48 hold the opaque thin plate-shaped second cover slide 50 slidably in the width direction of the first cover slide 38. The inner diameter of the second cover slide 50 is the shift lever 2.
A circular hole 52 slightly larger than the outer dimension of No. 4 is formed, and the shift lever 24 passing through the through hole 16 and the long hole 40 penetrates. Therefore, when the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18 or the second shift hole 20, the second cover slide 50 is moved together with the first cover slide 38 along with the shift lever 24 to substantially move the vehicle. It moves in the front-back direction, but when the shift lever 24 is selectively operated along the select hole 22,
The second cover slide 50 slides substantially along the holding portion 48 in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

Further, a third cover slide 58 as a shutter formed of a synthetic resin material and formed in a thin flat plate shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is disposed on the back surface side of the first cover slide 38. Have been. In addition,
In the present embodiment, the first cover slide 38 to the third
Although three cover slides are used up to the cover slide 58, in this embodiment, the first cover slide 38 corresponds to the cover slide in claim 1 of the claims. A part of the third cover slide 58 is formed with a bent portion 60 which is convex toward substantially the lower side of the vehicle and concaved toward substantially lower side of the vehicle, and extends along substantially the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The dimension in the direction is sufficiently larger than the dimension between the substantially outer portions in the vehicle front-rear direction of both holding portions 48, and the holding portion 48 of the first cover slide 38 is fitted into the concave portion side of the bent portion 60 from substantially below the vehicle. The holding portion 48
In the state in which is fitted, the third cover slide 58 can move substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction (that is, the longitudinal direction of the first cover slide 38) along the holding portion 48.

A long hole 62 is formed in the third cover slide 58. The long hole 62 has a longitudinal direction along a direction inclined in the longitudinal direction with respect to the width direction of the third cover slide 58, and its width dimension is slightly smaller than the outer dimension of the shift lever 24. The shift lever 24 is large and penetrates the through hole 16, the long hole 40, and the second cover slide 50. Therefore, when the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18 or the second shift hole 20, the inner periphery of the long hole 62 is pressed by the shift lever 24, and the first hole is pressed.
When the shift lever 24 is selectively operated along the select hole 22, the shift lever 24 moves along the long hole 40 of the first cover slide 38. It moves along with the long hole 62 of the third cover slide 58 while moving. However, since the long hole 62 is formed in the longitudinal direction along the direction inclined in the longitudinal direction with respect to the width direction of the third cover slide 58 (in other words, the long hole 6
2 is that the longitudinal direction is inclined substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the long hole 40). Even when the shift lever 24 is selected, the long hole 62 is pressed by the shift lever 24 at the inner peripheral portion thereof. As a result, the long hole 62 becomes the first
Relative to the cover slide 38 substantially in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Further, a notch 64 is formed at the vehicle right side end of the bent portion 60. The notch 64 is formed in a rectangular shape in a plan view, and as shown in FIG. 4, each of the long holes 62 of the first cover slide 38 and the third cover slide 58 is substantially on the right side of the vehicle (see FIG. 4). 4 (in the direction of arrow C), when the end portions overlap each other,
The second and third notches 64 of the third cover slide 58 overlap each other.

As shown in FIG. 1, a sheet-like EL panel (electroluminescence panel) as a surface light source (light source in a broader sense) is provided substantially below the third cover slide 58 on the vehicle. Is arranged. In the EL panel 66, a fluorescent substance is applied to each of the three light-emitting portions 68, 70, and 72. A conductive transparent film as an electrode is formed on the front side so as to sandwich the fluorescent substance, and on the back side. A conductive opaque back plate as an electrode paired with the transparent film is provided, and the phosphor emits light when a voltage is applied between the transparent film and the opaque back plate (that is, between the electrodes).

The EL panel 66 has substantially the same shape as the through-hole 16 of the shift lever device 10 and has a through-hole 16
Of the shift lever 24 passing through the through hole 16, the long hole 40, the circular hole 52, and the long hole 62, and can move along the through hole 74. It has become.

The light-emitting portion 68 of the EL panel 66 is formed in a narrow rectangular shape extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the EL panel 66 is disposed at a predetermined position with respect to the upper housing 12. In this state, the light-emitting unit 68 is located substantially below the entire character unit 26 and the entire window unit 28 on the vehicle side,
Light is emitted toward all character portions 26 and all window portions 28. On the other hand, the light emitting unit 70 and the light emitting unit 72 are formed in a rectangular shape sufficiently smaller than the EL panel 66, and the light emitting units 70 and 72 are disposed substantially below the pair of character units 30 on the vehicle side when the EL panel 66 is arranged. The light emitting unit 70 is located on one of the character units 30
The light is emitted to the (+ character portion 30 side in FIG.
Emits light to the other character part 30 (the character part 30 side of-in FIG. 1).

Further, a red translucent red filter 76 is provided on the light emitting section 68. This red filter 76
Has a longitudinal dimension substantially equal to the longitudinal dimension of the EL panel 66, but has a width dimension substantially half the width dimension of the EL panel 66,
The half of the EL panel 66 on the light emitting section 72 side is covered. Therefore, of the light emitted from the light emitting section 68, the light passing through the red filter 76 becomes red light and goes to the window 28, and the light not passing through the red filter 76 goes to the character section 26 as it is.

Further, a part of the outer periphery of the EL panel 66 has E
Contacts 7 electrically connected to L panels 66, 68, 70
8 are formed in a protruding manner, and the contact 78 is electrically connected to a power supply or a switch (not shown) via a connection means such as a cable to be energized, so that the light-emitting portions 68 and 7 are connected.
0 and 72 emit light.

Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described. In the present shift lever device 10, the shift range of the automatic transmission is set to “P”, “R”, “N”, “D”,
When changing within the range of “Ds”, the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18. When the shift lever 24 is shifted, the inner peripheral portions of the first, second, and third cover slides 38, 50, and 58 are pressed by the shift lever 24 and slide substantially along the vertical wall 34 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. I do.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, when the shift lever 24 is located in the first shift hole 18, the third cover slide 58 of the long hole 40 of the first cover slide 38 is formed. Since the end of the long hole 62 on the side of the first shift hole 18 overlaps, the through hole 42 of the first cover slide 38 and the notch 64 of the third cover slide 58 overlap. Therefore, in this state, if the light emitting section 68 of the EL panel 66 emits light, a portion corresponding to all the character sections 30 of the light emitted from the light emitting section 68 is transmitted through the entire character section 30 as it is. The red light emitted from the light emitting portion 68 and transmitted through the through hole 74 passes through the through hole 42 and the cutout portion 64, and the portion corresponding to all the windows 28, that is, the red light emitted from the light emitting portion 68 passes through the upper wall portion 14 of the upper housing 12. Go to the back side.
Further, the shift lever 24 is shifted along the first shift hole 18 to operate “P”, “R”, “N”, “D”, “D”.
s "when the shift lever 24 is positioned at a position corresponding to any of the shift ranges.
Eight through holes 42 face the through holes 42 corresponding to the positions. Accordingly, the red light emitted from the light emitting section 68 and transmitted through the through hole 74 passes only through the window 28 corresponding to the position, so that a plurality of windows 28 can be viewed from the occupant side.
Window 2 corresponding to the shift range selected by the occupant
Only 8 appears to glow red. Therefore, the current shift range can be easily confirmed from the occupant side.

Next, the shift lever 24 is moved from the first shift hole 18 through the select hole 22 and into the second shift hole 20.
Is selected, the inner peripheral portion of the circular hole 52 is pressed by the shift lever 24, and the second cover slide 50 moves toward the second shift hole 20. In addition, since the long hole 62 of the third cover slide 58 is formed in the longitudinal direction along the direction inclined in the longitudinal direction with respect to the width direction of the third cover slide 58, it is shown in FIG. As described above, when the shift lever 24 is selected, the inner periphery of the long hole 62 is pressed by the shift lever 24, and as a result, the long hole 62
Moves relative to the first cover slide 38 substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction. As a result, the notch 64 of the third cover slide 58 is relatively displaced toward the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the through-hole 42 of the first cover slide 38, so that the light-emitting portion 68 emits the through-hole. The red light transmitted through 74 cannot pass through the through hole 42 even though it can pass through the cutout 64, and cannot go to any of the windows 28. For this reason, the occupant does not see any of the windows 28 shining, and it is easy to confirm that the shift lever 24 has been selected and positioned in the second shift hole 20.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a shift lever device 100 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The shift lever device 100 includes an upper housing 12
The upper housing 12 formed in the upper wall portion 14 is different from the through hole 16 of the shift lever device 10 according to the first embodiment in that the second shift hole 20 is not formed and the select hole is formed. Reference numeral 22 has one longitudinal end connected to one longitudinal end of the first shift hole 18. Therefore, the through-hole 102 of the present shift lever device 100 is substantially L-shaped in plan view.

The character portion 10 having the same structure as the character portion 26 is provided near the other end of the select hole 22 in the upper wall portion 14 in the longitudinal direction.
A window 106 having the same configuration as that of the window 28 is formed on the first shift hole 18 side of the character portion 104.

Further, a first cover slide 38 provided substantially below the upper housing 12 near the left end of the vehicle is provided with a transparent cover provided near the left end of the vehicle. A through hole 108 having substantially the same shape as the hole 42 is formed. When the shift lever 24 reaches the communication portion between the first shift hole 18 and the select hole 22 (that is, when the shift lever 24 can be operated to select), the through hole 108 opens the window of the upper housing 12. It faces the unit 106. However, in the present embodiment, not only the through-hole 108 faces the window 106 but also the window 28 closest to one longitudinal end of the first shift hole 18 facing the window 106 substantially in the vehicle left-right direction. First cover slide 3
8 is opposed to the through hole 42.

In this shift lever device 100,
A cutout portion 110 is formed at the end of the third cover slide 58 opposite to the widthwise end at the cutout portion 64 side. The cutout portion 110 is located substantially on the vehicle front side with respect to the long hole 62, and the substantially vehicle left side ends of the long holes 40 and 62 of the first cover slide 38 and the third cover slide 58 overlap. And the third cover slide 58 is the first
The notch 110 and the through hole 108 are opposed to each other when the cover slide 38 is displaced substantially rearward with respect to the vehicle.

Further, the through-hole 112 formed in the EL panel 66 disposed substantially below the third cover slide 58 on the vehicle side is provided with the EL of the shift lever device 10 according to the first embodiment. Unlike the through-hole 74 formed in the panel 66, the through-hole 102 has substantially the same shape (that is, substantially L-shape) as the shape of the through-hole 102. The EL panel 66 is provided with a light emitting unit 114 electrically connected to a contact 78 instead of the light emitting units 70 and 72. The light emitting section 114 corresponds to the character section 104 and the window section 106, and is turned on when the character section 104 and the window section 106 are energized.
It emits light toward. Further, the red filter 116 provided in the light emitting section 68 of the EL panel 66 is different from the red filter 76 of the shift lever device 10 according to the first embodiment, and the substantially rear end portion of the vehicle is substantially the left side of the vehicle. And then select hole 2
2 from around the vehicle rear side.
The first shift hole 1 extending in the width direction of the light emitting portion 114
It covers half of the eight sides. For this reason, the light emitted from the substantially left half of the light emitting unit 114 in the width direction is directly directed to the back side of the upper wall part 14, but is emitted from the substantially right half of the light emitting unit 114 in the width direction. Light is red filter 116
, And becomes red light toward the window 28.

In the notch portion 110 according to the present embodiment, the same operation as the shift lever device 10 according to the first embodiment can be performed by shifting the shift lever 24 in the first shift hole 18. It works.

Further, when the shift lever 24 is selectively moved from the substantially rear end portion of the first shift hole 18 along the select hole 22 toward the substantially left end portion of the select hole 22, the first shift hole is moved. Similarly to the third cover slide 58 of the shift lever device 10 according to the embodiment, the third cover slide 58 slides substantially toward the rear of the vehicle with respect to the first cover slide 38. As a result, the notch 64 that has been opposed to the through-hole 42 is displaced substantially to the vehicle rear side of the through-hole 42, and the notch 110 that has been located substantially to the front of the through-hole 108 is instead replaced by the notch 110. It faces the through hole 108. For this reason, only the window portion 106 of the entire window portion 28 and the window portion 106 appears to be lit red from the occupant side, and the shift lever 24 is selectively operated to the left side of the vehicle to shift the shift range to the “L” range. You can easily confirm the change.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a shift lever device 130 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in this figure, the through hole 132 of the present shift lever device 130 is provided with the select hole 22 like the shift lever devices 10 and 100 according to the first and second embodiments.
And the second shift hole 20 does not have the first shift hole 18.
This is a so-called straight type shift lever device that performs a shift operation only in the first shift hole 18. Accordingly, the through hole 136 of the EL panel 66 is also formed in the through hole 13
As in the case of No. 2, it is a straight line extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

In the present shift lever device 130, the first
No elongated hole 40 is formed in the cover slide 38 of
Instead, a circular hole 134 whose inner diameter is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the shift lever 24 is formed.
Is penetrating.

In the present shift lever device 130, the shift lever 24 always exists in the first shift hole 18, and basically, the shift lever 24 is at a position corresponding to any one of the plurality of character portions 26. To position. Therefore, in the present shift lever device 130, it is not necessary to shield all the windows 28, and the third cover slide 58 is used as a shutter for blocking the through hole 42 of the first cover slide 38.
It is not necessary to provide.

As described above, the shift lever device 130 is substantially the same as the shift lever devices 10 and 100 according to the first and second embodiments except that the shift lever 24 is not selected. The shift lever device 10 and the shift lever device 100 according to the first and second embodiments have the same configuration, and are substantially the same as those in the case where the shift operation of the shift lever 24 in the first shift hole 18 is performed. It works and works.

In each of the above embodiments, the red filter 76 and the red filter 116 are provided on the EL panel 66 so that the windows 28 and 106 emit red light. The configuration for causing the window 28 and the window 106 to emit red light is not limited to this. For example, the window 28 and the window 1 may be made transparent without making the window 28 and the window 106 transparent.
06, a red translucent filter, a seal, printing, or the like, or a red semi-transparent filter is applied to the through-hole 42 or the through-hole 108 of the first cover slide 38 or the notch 64 or the notch 110 of the third cover slide 58. Even when the transparent filter is provided, the window portion 28 and the window portion 106 appear to glow red from the occupant side. Further, the color is not limited to red, and basically, it is sufficient that the window 28 and the window 106 can be easily confirmed because the corresponding window 28 and the window 106 are shining when viewed from the occupant side. The color may be any color, and further, the red filters 76 and 116 may not be provided.

In each of the above embodiments, the EL panel 66 is used as a light source. However, even if the EL panel 66 is not used, other light sources, for example, a vehicle having the upper housing 12 like a conventional shift lever device, may be used. Another light source such as a light bulb may be arranged on the lower side. However, the shift lever device 1
0, 100, 130 (ie, upper housing 1
In terms of effective use of space in 2), EL
It is preferable to apply a sheet-like or plate-like surface light source including the panel 66.

[0046]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, among the plurality of windows provided in the housing, the window corresponding to the position of the shift lever looks shining from the occupant side. Therefore, the position of the shift lever can be easily confirmed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effects of the present invention described above, the position of the shift lever can be easily confirmed because the window shines or disappears due to the selection operation of the shift lever.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a shift lever device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a housing of the shift lever device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the housing taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing a relative positional relationship between a first cover plate and a third cover plate when a shift lever is located in a first shift hole.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a relative positional relationship between the first cover plate and the third cover plate when the shift lever is located in the second shift hole. .

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a shift lever device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a shift lever device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 shift lever device 12 upper housing (housing) 28 window portion 38 first cover slide (cover slide) 42 through-hole (transmission portion) 58 third cover slide (shutter) 66 EL panel (light source) 100 shift lever device 106 Window 108 Through-hole (transmission part) 130 Shift lever device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A housing having a shift lever connected to a transmission penetrating therethrough for shift operation and having a plurality of windows formed corresponding to positions of the shift lever corresponding to a shift range of the transmission. A light source provided on the back side of the housing corresponding to the plurality of windows, and emitting light toward each of the windows; provided between the plurality of windows and the light source; A cover slide that penetrates, moves with the shift lever by the shift operation, and has a transmission portion that transmits predetermined light from the light source to a window corresponding to a position of the shift lever. Shift lever device. 2. The shift lever device according to claim 1, further comprising a shutter provided between the cover slide and the light source, the shutter being configured to open and close a transmission portion of the cover slide in response to a select operation of the shift lever. .