Operation device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsAkito Ishihara, Yuki Sakai, Yosuke Naito, Renya Watanabe, Yutaka Okuda
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Abstract
An operation device includes an operating portion to receive a push-in operation, a lessening member to lessen tilt movement of the operating portion associated with the push-in operation, a supporting portion to support the lessening member, a base portion on which the supporting portion is provided, and at least one placement portion that is provided on the base portion, includes a placing surface to place an end portion of the lessening member, and holds the lessening member on the base portion by the placing surface and the supporting portion in a preparation stage for assembling the operating portion to the base portion.
Claims8
An operation device, comprising:
- an operating portion to receive a push-in operation;
- a lessening member to lessen tilt movement of the operating portion associated with the push-in operation;
- a supporting portion to support the lessening member;
- a base portion on which the supporting portion is provided;
- at least one placement portion that is provided on the base portion, comprises a placing surface to place an end portion of the lessening member, and holds the lessening member on the base portion by the placing surface and the supporting portion in a preparation stage for assembling the operating portion to the base portion, and
- guide portions that are provided on the operating portion so as to respectively correspond to left and right end portions of the lessening member, guide the inserted end portions of the lessening member from an assembly direction to a direction intersecting the assembly direction to cause rotation of the lessening member in the intersecting direction at the time of assembling the operating portion to the base portion, and, together with the supporting portion, hold the lessening member after the operating portion is assembled to the base portion,
- wherein the guide portions each comprise an insertion groove to insert the end portion of the lessening member at the time of assembling the operating portion to the base portion, an inclined groove comprising an inclined surface inclined from the insertion groove, and an intersecting groove that axially extends in one direction intersecting the insertion groove and is connected to the inclined groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.