Nixon Peabody LLP
Shift lever device
 A shift lever device includes a shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation and which is rotatably supported by a structure that breaks when an axial impact force above a preselected magnitude is applied to the shift lever. The breakage of the supporting structure allows safer absorption of an impact force applied to the shift lever. The breakable supporting structure may take the form of a portion of a thin portion of a circular wall forming a bearing that rotatably supports the shift lever, or a frangible pin or bracket that pivotably supports the shift lever. 
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Masaya Yoshitaka Masaki Kazuhiro Noriyasu Hitoshi
Nishimura Watanabe Fujita Sato Shamoto Kanazawa