Abstract: A control device 5 for an automatic transmission apparatus 2 has an automatic gearshift mode in which the gear of the automatic transmission 2 is automatically controlled by setting the shift position of a shift device 3 in one of forward travel positions including a first and a second forward position. The control device 5 also has a manual gearshift mode changing the gear one step by one step by an operating unit 4 other than the shift device 3 while maintaining the shift position set in the forward position 33. The manual gearshift mode includes a first manual mode when the shift position of the shift device 3 is set in a first forward position, and a second manual mode when the shift position is set in a second forward position. A control pattern of the first manual mode differs from that in the second manual mode.

Abstract: A control device 5 for an automatic transmission apparatus 2 has an automatic gearshift mode in which the gear of the automatic transmission 2 is automatically controlled by setting the shift position of a shift device 3 in one of forward travel positions including a first and a second forward position. The control device 5 also has a manual gearshift mode changing the gear one step by one step by an operating unit 4 other than the shift device 3 while maintaining the shift position set in the forward position 33. The manual gearshift mode includes a first manual mode when the shift position of the shift device 3 is set in a first forward position, and a second manual mode when the shift position is set in a second forward position. A control pattern of the first manual mode differs from that in the second manual mode.

Abstract: A lever cover 39 formed of a synthetic resin such as ABS as a material is allowed to pass along a lever shaft 39, and the lever cover 39 is fitted and held on a lever base 32. An exterior surface of the lever cover 39 is formed into a spherical surface which is defined about a pivot center P (an oscillation center of a lever main body 3). A shift panel 4 is an extrusion molded product of a synthetic resin as a material thereof and has at a central portion thereof a rectangular opening 41 through which the lever main body 3 is allowed to extend and which is larger than a large-diameter portion of a shift knob 38. A peripheral edge portion 42 of the opening 41 confronts the lever cover 39 with a certain gap provided therebetween.