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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Mizukami, Fukui, JP;
Toshio Tanaka, Fukui, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 5/06 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01); G05G 5/05 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01); F16H 61/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 5/03 (2013.01); F16H 59/10 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); G05G 5/06 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0295 (2013.01); F16H 2061/247 (2013.01); F16H 2061/326 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes: an operating unit that is operated by a user; a detent pin that is displaceable along with an operation of the operating unit; a columnar detent member where a spiral groove about a predetermined axis A is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the detent member that is contact with the detent pin; and a motor (rotary driving part) that rotates the detent member about axis A.