Operating device
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorMitsumasa Kato
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Abstract
An operating device (100) is provided with: a switch portion (4) having a rotation shaft (3); and a rotating operation portion (1) comprising an engagement portion (2) with which the rotation shaft is engaged. A stage difference portion (2a, 3a) is formed on at least one of the rotation shaft and the engagement portion for regulating a movement of the engagement portion with respect to the rotation shaft in an axial direction of the rotation shaft so as to form a space (10, 12) within the engagement portion at a tip side of the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft is engaged with the engagement portion.
Claims11
An operating device comprising:
- a switch portion having a rotation shaft;
- a rotating operation portion comprising an engagement portion with which the rotation shaft is engaged;
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- a stage difference portion formed on at least one of the rotation shaft and the engagement portion for regulating a movement of the engagement portion with respect to the rotation shaft in an axial direction of the rotation shaft so as to form a space within the engagement portion at a tip side of the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft is engaged with the engagement portion,
- wherein the stage difference portion is formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft, has a predetermined width in the axial direction and projects outwardly from the outer surface by a predetermined amount in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, and
- wherein the engagement portion is scraped by a tip of the stage difference portion when the rotation shaft having the stage difference portion is forced to be inserted deeper into the engagement portion by an impulsive force of a predetermined load, which is added onto the rotating operation portion in a direction toward the switch portion along the rotation shaft.
An operating device comprising:
- a switch portion having a rotation shaft;
- a rotating operation portion comprising an engagement portion with which the rotation shaft is engaged;
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- a stage difference portion formed on at least one of the rotation shaft and the engagement portion for regulating a movement of the engagement portion with respect to the rotation shaft in an axial direction of the rotation shaft so as to form a space within the engagement portion at a tip side of the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft is engaged with the engagement portion,
- wherein the stage difference portion is formed on an inner surface of the engagement portion, has a predetermined width in the axial direction and projects inwardly from the inner surface by a predetermined amount in a radial direction of the engagement portion, and
- wherein the stage difference portion is scraped by a tip of the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft is forced to be inserted deeper into the engagement portion having the stage difference portion by an impulsive force of a predetermined load, which is added onto the rotating operation portion in a direction toward the switch portion along the rotation shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.