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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Seishi Takahashi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
APLS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular operating device includes an operating member manipulated to swing, a slider slidably fitted in a holding bore, a cam surface positioned in front of the slider, and a helical compression spring pressing the slider into pressure contact with the cam surface. The metal-made slider includes a first outer peripheral surface with a diameter being smaller than an inner diameter of the helical compression spring, and a guide portion with an outer diameter allowing the guide portion to slide along an inner peripheral surface of the holding bore. A resin-made annular spacer having an outer diameter substantially equal to that of the guide portion is fitted between the guide portion and the helical compression spring. The helical compression spring biases the slider through the annular spacer. The annular spacer holds the helical compression spring in a state not contacting the first outer peripheral surface and the guide portion.