SHIFT LEVER ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING AUTOMATIC POWER TRANSMISSION

摘要

A column-shift type, shift lever arrangement for operating an automatic power transmission includes a shift locking mechanism which prevents a vehicle's driver from changing the position of a transmission shift lever (9). The shift locking mechanism engages a annular groove (10) formed in a compression rod (4) at a location neighboring one end thereof so as to mechanically lock the movement of the shift lever arrangement, until the vehicular driver depresses a brake pedal once, after engine starting is performed when the shift lever arrangement is positioned in a parking-range position.