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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1997
Takahiro Hiraoka, Akitsu-cho, JP;
Toshifumi Suzuki, Amagasaki, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A control lever device suited for use as a hand brake or the like in a driving game machine and capable of achieving a realistic game machine. In the control lever device, a lever is mounted at one end of a shaft so that it turns together with the shaft, and a gear support plate is mounted at the center of the shaft. The gear support plate is provided with a transmitting gear which meshes with a transmitted gear mounted on a rotary shaft of a variable resistor. The turning motion of the lever is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the variable resistor, and the resistance of the variable resistor is changed in accordance with the amount of turn of the lever. Mounted at the other end of the shaft is an urging force applying member having an urging force generating characteristic wherein the generation rate of the urging force relative to the amount of turn of the lever increases with increase in amount of turn of the lever. The gear support plate is provided with another urging force applying member formed of a tension coil spring.