Abstract: A cap for supporting a spehrical fulcrum member of a change lever between the cap itself and a hemispherical bottom wall of a housing, and a retainer for pressing the cap through an elastic ring are fitted to the housing. The retainer and the housing are provided at opposed peripheral surfaces of thereof with an engagement claw and an engagement hole, respectively. Therefoere, by only fitting the retainer to the housing, it is possible to easily secure the retainer to the housing.

Abstract: In a shift device for an automatic transmission, notches, which are adapted to be engaged by a roller mounted to a detent spring, is defined in an upper surface of a shift restraining plate secured to a base plate, and a surface of a recess defined in an inner surface of the shift restraining plate is formed into a restraining cam surface which is adapted to be engaged by a lock pin. Mounted to an outer surface of the shift restraining plate are a shift lock mechanism for retaining the lock pin in a parking position maintaining groove in the restraining cam surface, and a forcedly-lock-releasing mechanism capable of releasing the operation of the shift lock mechanism by a manual operation. The shift restraining plate is commonly used for a detent mechanism for resiliently retaining a shift lever at any of a plurality of shift positions, and a shift restraining mechanism for restraining the shift position of the shift lever.