Operation device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasashi Ito, Masatoshi Ono
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Abstract
An operation device includes a lever operable to tilt and an actuator having an opening through which the lever is disposed and including a rotation shaft, the actuator being configured to rotate in accordance with the tilting of the lever, such that the rotation shaft of the actuator is rotatably supported within a shaft-receiving hole. The operation device includes a biasing unit configured to bias the lever upward. The lever includes a push-up portion configured to force a portion of the actuator upward in accordance with a biasing force from the biasing unit, the portion of the actuator being disposed around the opening of the actuator.
Claims3
An operation device comprising:
- a case having a shaft-receiving hole;
- a lever operable to tilt laterally and including:
- a lever portion including a lower end and protruding upward from the case, and
- a base supporting the lower end of the lever portion;
- an actuator having an opening through which the lever portion passes and including a rotation shaft supported by the case, the actuator being configured to rotate in accordance with the tilting of the lever, such that the rotation shaft of the actuator is rotatably supported within the shaft-receiving hole in the case;
- and
- a biasing unit configured to bias the lever upward,
- wherein the lever includes a push-up portion configured to contact a peripheral portion of the opening of the actuator in response to a biasing force from the biasing unit to force of the actuator upward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.