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US 10,946,929 B2Granted
Operation apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorDaiki Hamaguchi
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Abstract
An operation apparatus includes a supporting element, an operation element including an arm whose basal end is rotatably supported by the supporting element and whose tip is provided with an acting element, and a return spring provided between the supporting element and the operation element, in which the return spring is housed in a compact manner without inviting an increase in the number of components. A return spring is provided between a first spring holder and a second spring holder. A supporting element is provided with a first side wall opposing the return spring in the lateral direction. An arm is provided with a second side wall opposing the first side wall and surrounding the return spring in conjunction with the first spring holder, the second spring holder, and the first side wall.
Claims10
An operation apparatus comprising:
- a return spring that is a wave spring;
- a supporting element including:
- a first side wall opposing the return spring in a lateral direction;
- and
- a first spring holder;
- and
- an operation element including:
- an arm including:
- a basal end rotatably supported by the supporting element;
- a second spring holder;
- a second side wall being planar and having an inner surface facing the first side wall;
- and
- an acting element disposed at a tip of the arm,
- wherein the return spring is surrounded with the first spring holder, the second spring holder, the first side wall, and the second side wall,
- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall extend in a first direction and are spaced from each other in a second direction,
- wherein the first spring holder extends from the first side wall in the second direction, and
- wherein the second spring holder extends from the inner surface of the second side wall in the second direction and is spaced from the first spring holder in the first direction;
- and
- wherein the second spring holder is the only element extending from the inner surface of the second side wall.
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An operation apparatus comprising:
- a return spring that is a wave spring;
- a supporting element including:
- a first side wall opposing the return spring in a lateral direction;
- and
- a first spring holder;
- and
- an operation element including:
- an arm including:
- a basal end rotatably supported by the supporting element
- a second spring holder;
- a second side wall opposing the first side wall;
- and
- an acting element disposed at a tip of the arm,
- wherein the return spring is surrounded with the first spring holder, the second spring holder, the first side wall, and the second side wall,
- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall extend in a first direction and are spaced from each other in a second direction,
- wherein the first spring holder extends from the first side wall in the second direction, and
- wherein the second spring holder extends from the second side wall in the second direction and is spaced from the first spring holder in the first direction,
- wherein a radial direction width of the return spring becomes greater than its expansion- compression direction length when compressed,
- wherein the supporting element is a step-use stay fixed to a vehicle body frame of a saddled vehicle,
- wherein the step-use stay supports a step disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the step-use stay,
- wherein the step-use stay is provided with, on an inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay, a pedal shaft rotatably supporting the operation element being a brake pedal, and
- wherein the return spring is provided between the operation element and the step-use stay on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay.
- wherein the supporting element is a step-use stay fixed to a vehicle body frame of a saddled vehicle,
- the step-use stay supports a step disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the step-use stay,
- the step-use stay is provided with, on an inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay, a pedal shaft rotatably supporting the operation element being a brake pedal, and
- the return spring is provided between the operation element and the step-use stay on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay.
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An operation apparatus comprising:
- a supporting element;
- an operation element including an arm whose basal end is rotatably supported by the supporting element and whose tip is provided with an acting element;
- and
- a return spring provided between the supporting element and the operation element,
- wherein the return spring being a wave spring is provided between a first spring holder provided at the supporting element and a second spring holder provided at the arm,
- wherein the supporting element is provided with a first side wall opposing the return spring in a lateral direction,
- wherein the arm is provided with a second side wall opposing the first side wall and surrounding the return spring in conjunction with the first spring holder, the second spring holder, and the first side wall,
- wherein the supporting element is a step-use stay fixed to a vehicle body frame of a saddled vehicle,
- wherein the step-use stay supports a step disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the step-use stay,
- wherein the step-use stay is provided with, on an inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay, a pedal shaft rotatably supporting the operation element being a brake pedal, and
- wherein the return spring is provided between the operation element and the step-use stay on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the step-use stay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.