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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Endo, Miyagi, JP;
Makoto Hayashi, Miyagi, JP;
Tatsuaki Kawase, Miyagi, JP;
Nobuyuki Ninomiya, Miyagi, JP;
Tomoyasu Nagano, Miyagi, JP;
Hidekazu Kato, Miyagi, JP;
Shuji Fujiwara, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation device includes a housing, a tiltable cylindrical operation member having a step portion on an inner circumferential surface, a first holding member which is held by the housing and rotatable in a first direction in accordance with a tilting operation of the operation member, a first detecting portion for detecting a rotation of the first holding member, and a returning mechanism disposed inside the operation member to return the tilted operation member to an initial position, wherein the returning mechanism includes an actuator, a slide member having a first cam surface at one end, a cam member having a second cam surface at one end which faces the first cam surface, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member.