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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pressing operation device is configured such that a base and an operating body are linked to each other by a link member. A support-side shaft of the link member is rotatably supported by a bearing of the base. The bearing of the base includes a first regulation portion that regulates movement of the support-side shaft of the link member in an ascending direction of the operating body and a second regulation portion that regulates movement of the support-side shaft in a direction intersecting the ascending direction, and is provided with a flat spring portion that presses the support-side shaft against the second regulation portion and the first regulation portion.