Linking structure of operation lever, and input device including the linking structure

A linking structure of an operation lever, the linking structure comprising:

• a first interlocking member extending in a first direction and being pivotable in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first interlocking member including:
• a first elongated hole being a blind hole extending in the first direction and opening to one side in a third direction, the third direction being substantially orthogonal to the first and second directions,
• a first edge of the first elongated hole on one side in the second direction,
• a second edge of the first elongated hole on the other side in the second direction,
• a third edge of the first elongated hole on one side in the first direction,
• a fourth edge of the first elongated hole on the other side in the first direction,
• a bottom closing the first elongated hole on the other side in the third direction and being contiguous with the first, second, third, and fourth edges,
• a first shaft hole in the first edge, the first shaft hole extending from the first elongated hole to the one side in the second direction and communicating with the first elongated hole, and
• a second shaft hole in the second edge, the second shaft hole extending from the first elongated hole to the other side in the second direction and communicating with the first elongated hole;
• and
• an operation lever linked to the first interlocking member such as to be tiltable in the first direction, the operation lever being configured to tilt in the second direction and to thereby pivot the first interlocking member to the same direction as the tilt of the operation lever, the operation lever including:
• a base provided on one side in an axial direction of the operation lever and received in the first elongated hole,
• a first jut extending from the base to the one side in the first direction,
• a second jut extending from the base to the other side in the first direction, the first and second juts being swingably received in the first elongated hole and being in abutment with, or alternatively being opposed with a narrow clearance to, the first and second edges,
• a first rotation shaft extending from the base to the one side in the second direction and being supported in the first shaft hole such as to be rotatable in the first direction, and
• a second rotation shaft extending from the base to the other side in the second direction and being supported in the second shaft hole such as to be rotatable in the first direction.