Vibration damping structure of shift lever retainer

Claim 1

In a shift lever retainer mounting structure including a shift lever retainer for spherically supporting a shift lever, a first vibration damping member interposed between said shift lever retainer and a transmission case, a bolt for fixing said shift lever retainer to said transmission case, a second vibration damping member interposed between said bolt and said shift lever retainer, and a bushing for receiving said bolt, said bushing having an upper flange arranged between a head portion of said bolt and said second vibration damping member, said first and second vibration damping members having a thickness such that vibration from said transmission case may be sufficiently absorbed; a vibration damping structure comprising a first stopper means for preventing horizontal deformation of said first vibration damping member greater than a predetermined amount, and a second stopper means for preventing vertical deformation of said first vibration damping member greater than a predetermined amount, wherein said first stopper means comprises a rigid ringlike member engaged with said bushing and located between said first and second vibration damping members, and wherein said second stopper means comprises an upward projection projecting from a plate engaged with said bolt and fixed on an upper surface of said transmission case such that a portion of said plate is interposed between said first vibration damping member and said transmission case.