US 11,919,439 B2
Lever operation device
Yosuke Hatada, Aichi (JP); Yuki Sato, Aichi (JP); and Takamitsu Ito, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,793.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-063505 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314872 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G05G 1/04 (2006.01); H01H 50/02 (2006.01); H01H 50/18 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); G05G 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/1469 (2013.01) [G01B 7/003 (2013.01); G05G 1/04 (2013.01); H01H 50/02 (2013.01); H01H 50/18 (2013.01); B60Q 1/343 (2013.01); G05G 5/065 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lever operation device, comprising:
a housing;
a lever portion which is attached to the housing and on which a first rotation operation about an axis of a first shaft is performed;
a magnet attached to a tip portion of the lever portion on a tip side relative to the first shaft;
a magnetic sensor that is arranged in the housing so as to be located on extension from the tip portion and detects movement of the magnet due to the first rotation operation performed on the lever portion; and
a detent portion provided on the lever portion and comprising a detent tip end portion and an elastic portion, the detent tip end portion generating a detent by moving with a tilt in a direction of the first rotation operation from a direction of extension from the tip portion of the lever portion and coming into contact with a detent surface of a detent wall arranged on the housing, and the elastic portion applying an elastic force to the detent tip end portion,
wherein the detent wall is not on a straight line connecting the axis the first shaft and an axis of a steering shaft.