Button structure of shift knob

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9032829
APP PUB NO 20140137684A1
SERIAL NO

14069945

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Provided is a button structure of a shift knob for use with a shift lever in which a rod is provided. The shift knob comprises: a button capable of being pushed to allow the rod to be moved downwardly from a lock position to a lock release position; a pinion gear provided in coaxial relation to a pivot shaft of the button; and a rack meshed with the pinion gear. The button structure moves the rod to a shift-lock release position, interlockingly with a downward movement of the rack caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear in a forward direction, according to a pushing operation of the button, and moves the rod to a shift-lock position, interlockingly with an upward movement of the rack caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear in a reverse direction, according to a push-mode releasing operation of the button.

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DELTA KOGYO CO LTD1-14 SHINCHI FUCHU-CHO AKI-GUN HIROSHIMA 735-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamaka, Koichiro Hiroshima, JP 3 9
Kusayama, Takumi Hiroshima, JP 6 36
Ueta, Mizuho Hiroshima, JP 6 26
Ujimoto, Takushi Hiroshima, JP 9 56

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