Operating device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTakeo Kanemoto
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Abstract
An operating device includes: an operating section that rotates about a predetermined axis; and a shaft part to move integrally with the operating section. The shaft part has a first end and a second end projected in directions opposite from each other along the axis. A guide regulates movement of the shaft part in a radial direction. A first regulation part specifies a position of the shaft part in a thrust direction by contacting the first end of the shaft part. A second regulation part is press-contacted to the second end, such that the first end of the shaft part is made to contact the first regulation part. A locking part is arranged integrally with the second regulation part, and restricts the shaft part from separating from the guide, by contacting the second end.
Claims9
An operating device comprising:
- an operating section that rotates about a predetermined axis by being pressed by an operator;
- a shaft part arranged along the axis to move integrally with the operating section, the shaft part having a first end and a second end projected in directions opposite from each other along the axis;
- a guide in which a part of the shaft part is inserted in a specific direction, the guide regulating movement of the shaft part in a radial direction;
- a first regulation part that specifies a position of the shaft part in a thrust direction by contacting the first end of the shaft part, which is inserted in the guide, from the thrust direction;
- a second regulation part that is elastically deformed when the shaft part is inserted to the guide, the second regulation part being press-contacted to the second end of the shaft part from the thrust direction by a recovering force from the elastic deformation, such that the first end of the shaft part is made to contact the first regulation part;
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- a locking part arranged integrally with the second regulation part, the locking part restricting the shaft part from moving in an opposite direction opposite from the specific direction to separate from the guide, by contacting the second end of the shaft part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.