US 2013/0014604 A1 · STEERING DEVICE

Abstract

Provided is a steering device that is enabled to move and operate in multiple directions and has a simple configuration. A steering device is equipped with a steering member and a guide member, and the guide member is attached to an input shaft. The steering member is provided with left and right grips, and a movement direction changing mechanism is provided between the guide member and the left and right grips. If the left and right grips are operated by a small steering angle, the movement direction of the left and right grips is changed to the direction around the input shaft through the movement direction changing mechanism. When the left and right grips are operated by a large steering angle, the movement direction of the left and right grips is the direction around the input shaft.

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Dependent claims

A steering device comprising:

a steering operation element operable by a driver, the steering operation element enabled to operate in a first movement direction that is a predetermined movement direction and a second movement direction that is a direction different from the first movement direction,
a movement direction changing mechanism changing an operation in the second movement direction to an operation in the first movement direction,
wherein the first movement direction is a movement direction around a main input shaft that transmits a movement of the steering operation element to a steering system, and
wherein a change ratio of the movement direction changing mechanism in the first movement direction varies according to an amount of input in the second movement direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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