PURPOSE: To secure retainability of a steering wheel during travel and improve steerability, by providing an operation portion at a position where the changeover operation of travel ranges including at least an advance drive range becomes possible by means of the finger tips of an operator whose hand is on the steering wheel.
CONSTITUTION: An operation portion (a fin) 68 is provided at a position where the changeover operation of travel ranges including at least an advance drive range becomes possible by means of the finger tips of an operator whose hand is on a steering wheel 56. As a result, at the time of a travel range changeover action, the changeover action can be performed without detaching the hand from the steering wheel 56, and the retainability of the steering wheel 56 during travel is secured.
| JP2003165353 | COLUMN SHIFT DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE |
SUZUKI HIROYUKI
KODAMA MASAKI
AOKI HIDEKI
MATSUMURA KUNIHIKO
SATO MASATO
KATSUKI TOSHIAKI
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