US 12,276,998 B2
Push-type input device and push-type shifter device
Asuka Koike, Miyagi (JP); Shigeru Furuki, Tokyo (JP); Daisaku Sugawara, Tokyo (JP); Masanori Fujita, Miyagi (JP); Masato Fumiwake, Tokyo (JP); Hayate Natsusaka, Miyagi (JP); and Yu Takeda, Miyagi (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,779.
Application 18/364,779 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/000050, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-022837 (JP), filed on Feb. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019888 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G05G 1/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); G05G 1/015 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 5/05 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 1/02 (2013.01) [F16H 59/02 (2013.01); G05G 1/015 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A push-type input device, comprising:
an operation knob configured to receive a pushing operation by an operator;
a click sensation-imparting mechanism configured to impart a click sensation to the pushing operation;
a slider configured to slide in a predetermined sliding direction in response to the pushing operation;
a rotating body configured to rotate in response to sliding of the slider;
a sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating body; and
a determination section configured to perform a switch-on determination based on a detection result of the rotation angle by the sensor,
wherein the click sensation-imparting mechanism is a dome-shaped elastic body that is elastically deformable by being compressed from the slider in response to the pushing operation.