A shift lever mount assembly including a rotatable member having a ball portion formed with at least a partially arcuate surface and a shift lever connection portion extending from the ball portion to be connected to a shift lever, a casing formed to at least partially surround the ball portion of the rotatable member and having an inner surface forming a spherical bearing with the ball portion, the casing having a top opening through which the shift lever connection portion extends, a plurality of position fixing members to selectively contact the rotatable member so as to fix the rotatable member at a desired position, and a coupling member to selectively couple the casing to a control lever of a transmission shift assembly, wherein the spherical bearing allows rotational and angular movement of the rotatable member so that the rotatable member is selectively movable to the desired position.

In a shift device, the placement of magnets relative to sensors can be changed by rotating a ball shaft of a lever. The sensors detect magnetic fields generated by the magnets in order to detect a shift position of the lever. Shields suppress a magnetic field outside the ball shaft from reaching the sensors. The magnets, the sensors, and the shields are disposed on the ball shaft. This enables a reduction in the size of the shift device.

A shift lever apparatus for a vehicle moves a center point of rotation of a shift knob upward such that a height of the shift knob exposed to a console and an operating stroke of the shift knob are reduced, and a console size is decreased. The shift lever apparatus allows a manipulation direction of the shift knob is the same as an operational direction of a transmission cable, and thus a connection structure of an existing transmission may be maintained.

A variable track joystick device includes a support housing, a joystick movable with respect to the support housing, and a joystick guidance mechanism controllable to selectively confine joystick movement to a predetermined track pattern. During operation of the variable joystick device, a controller determines when the variable track joystick device is placed in a selected one of (i) a first mode in which joystick movement controls the first work vehicle function and (ii) a second mode in which joystick movement controls the second work vehicle function. The controller further commands the joystick guidance mechanism to restrict joystick movement to the predetermined track pattern when the joystick device is placed in the first mode, while permitting joystick movement outside of the predetermined track pattern when the joystick device is placed in the second mode.

A shifting device shifting device includes a rotor member pivotally-supported by a base member in a turnable manner, and configured to turn following a shifting direction of a shift lever; a lever member pivotally-supported by the base member in a turnable manner, and configured to turn following a selecting direction of the shift lever; a hall sensor as a detector member mounted on a circuit board and facing against a detection target section of the rotor member; and a hall sensor mounted on a surface of the circuit board, and facing against a detection target section of the lever member, the surface being identical to a surface on which the hall sensor is mounted.

A shift lever mount assembly including a rotatable member having a ball portion formed with at least a partially arcuate surface and a shift lever connection portion extending from the ball portion to be connected to a shift lever, a casing formed to at least partially surround the ball portion of the rotatable member and having an inner surface forming a spherical bearing with the ball portion, the casing having a top opening through which the shift lever connection portion extends, a plurality of position fixing members to selectively contact the rotatable member so as to fix the rotatable member at a desired position, and a coupling member to selectively couple the casing to a control lever of a transmission shift assembly, wherein the spherical bearing allows rotational and angular movement of the rotatable member so that the rotatable member is selectively movable to the desired position.

A gearshift assembly comprises a base and a shift lever having an overmoulded ball portion comprising a pattern of recesses having straight side walls. A socket is fixed in the base and shaped to receive the ball portion of the shift lever. The socket has a sidewall with an inner surface forming part of a sphere to provide a pivotal mounting for the ball portion for pivotal movement of the shift lever over a pivotal movement range. Vertical slots in the sidewall which have parallel vertical side edges that are open at their upper ends to allow a sidewall portion between adjacent vertical slots to elastically flex outwardly during insertion of the ball portion into the socket. The pattern of recesses of the ball portion is arranged such that all sidewalls are inclined with respect to side edges of the vertical slots over the pivotal movement range.

A gear shift device (100) includes a hollow, at least partially spherical retaining housing (110), a gear shift lever (120) having an at least partially spherical projection (130) received within the retaining housing (110), and means (140) for retaining the gear shift lever (120) against rotation around its longitudinal axis (125). The retaining means (140) includes at least one of grooves (150) and protrusions (160) for engaging at least one of corresponding grooves (150) and protrusions formed in the at least partially spherical projection (130) of the gear shift lever (120), said grooves (150, 150) and protrusions (160) being formed in the shape of two opposite cones.

At a shift lever device, at a time when a lever is rotated in a left-right direction, a joint of the lever moves a joint tube of a link in an up-down direction. Moreover, at a time when the lever is rotated in a front-rear direction, a link operating portion of the lever rotates an operation tube of the link in the front-rear direction around the joint side. Here, at the time when the lever is rotated in the left-right direction, the joint is moved in the left-right direction with respect to the joint tube. Therefore, the need to provide parts between the lever and the joint can be eliminated, and a number of parts can be reduced.

An operating device includes a shaft operated to tilt, a contact section on the shaft in a biased state movable and tiltable integrally with the shaft, a first holding section generating a feeling of moderation by sliding against and holding the contact section at tilted positions the shaft, and a second holding section contacting the contact section, guiding the contact section to a predetermined position from the tilted positions, and holding the contact section at the predetermined position. The first holding section is movable between first and second positions. The contact section contacts the first holding section and is separated from the second holding section when the first holding section is at the first position. The contact section is separated from the first holding section and contacts the second holding section when the first holding section is at the second position.