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US 6,854,352 B2Granted
Input apparatus with rotary type electrical component
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMikio Onodera
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Abstract
In an input apparatus of the invention, since driving levers are made to perform seesaw operations, it is not necessary to perform a rotating operation by an arc shape like a conventional interlocking member, a space in the vertical direction can be made small, and the input apparatus which can be miniaturized in the vertical direction can be provided.
Claims33
An input apparatus, comprising:
- a tiltable operating member;
- a driving body provided to the operating member in an axial line direction;
- at least one pair of first and second driving levers which can perform a seesaw operation in response to a tilt operation of the operating member and include attachment portions and arm portions coupled with each other;
- and
- first and second rotary electrical components operated by the first and the second driving levers, respectively,
- wherein the attachment portions are orthogonal to each other, and are coupled with lateral face sides of the driving body,
- the arm portions crossover each other,
- when the operating member tilts, the attachment portions move up and down in the axial line direction and each of the arm portions performs a seesaw operation with a shaft support portion as a center,
- each of end sides of the arm portions positioned at a side opposite to the attachment portion with the shaft support portion between the end sides is moved up and down,
- the first and the second rotary electrical components are respectively operated by movement of the end sides of the arm portions,
- the driving body includes first and second driving bodies rotatably attached to the operating member, the attachment portions are held by first shaft portions to the first and second driving bodies, each of the first and the second driving bodies is formed in an L shape having a first portion through which a hole passes and a second portion, the first portions overlap, and the operating member is inserted through the holes to couple the operating member and the first and second driving bodies.
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An input apparatus comprising:
- a tiltable operating member;
- a driving body provided to the operating member in an axial line direction;
- at least one pair of first and second driving levers which can perform a seesaw operation in response to a tilt operation of the operating member and include attachment portions and arm portions coupled with each other;
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- first and second rotary electrical components operated by the first and the second driving levers, respectively,
- wherein the attachment portions of the first and second driving levers are coupled with lateral face sides of the driving body in the axial line direction,
- the arm portions are one of orthogonal to each other and are parallel with each other,
- when the operating member is tilted, the attachment portions move up and down in the axial line direction and each of the arm portions performs a seesaw operation with a shaft support portion as a center,
- each of end sides of the arm portions positioned at a side opposite to the attachment portion with the shaft support portion between the end side is moved up and down,
- the first and second rotary electrical components are operated by movement of the end sides of the arm portions, and
- the arm portions crossover each other at right angles.
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An input apparatus, comprising:
- a tiltable operating member;
- a driving body having faces, the operating member extending from the driving body in a predetermined direction:
- driving levers having attachment portions connected with the faces of the driving body, the driving levers having arm portions that crossover each other without contacting each other, the driving levers having protrusions extending from ends of the arm portions;
- shaft support portions connected with the arm portions and around which the driving levers are cantilevered such that the protrusions move in a plane formed by directions of extension of the driving levers when the operating member is tilted;
- rotary electrical components detecting motion of the driving levers;
- and
- motors connected with the rotary electrical components to provide force feedback to the driving levers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.