IP Library Granted Patent US 10,636,595
Granted Patent B2
US 10,636,595 · App. 15/909,433 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Operation device

Inventors: Kengo Takada (Kobe, JP); Toshiya Shirota (Kobe, JP); Masao Ohtani (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: DENSO TEN LIMITED
H01H25/008B60K35/00B60K37/06H01H9/16H01H25/065B60K2370/126B60K2370/139B60K2370/1446H01H9/161H01H19/14H01H2011/0081H01H2229/046
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Patent No.
US 10,636,595
App. No.
15/909,433
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an operation device. An operation knob rotatable on an axial line, configured to include: a cylindrical base member extending in an axial direction; a cylindrical outer member disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of the base member; and an inner member disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the base member. The cylindrical outer member has protruding parts extending inward in the radial direction and abutting on the inner member via through-holes formed through the base member in the radial direction.

Claims (21)

1. An operation device comprising:

an operation knob rotatable on an axial line, configured to include:

a cylindrical base member extending in an axial direction;

a cylindrical outer member disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of the base member; and

an inner member disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the base member,

wherein the cylindrical outer member has protruding parts extending inward in the radial direction and abutting on the inner member via through-holes formed through the base member in the radial direction.

2. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the cylindrical base member and the inner member has hook parts, and the other one has hook fitting parts to be engaged with the hook parts.

3. The operation device according to claim 2 , wherein the through-holes are aligned with either the hook parts or the hook fitting parts in the axial direction.

4. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding parts are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction.

5. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical outer member is a member softer than the cylindrical base member.

6. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the through-holes are injection holes for injecting a material to form the cylindrical outer member.

7. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the inner member is cylindrical.

8. The operation device according to claim 7 , wherein the inner member is a coated member made by performing a surface coating process.

9. The operation device according to claim 7 ,

wherein inside the cylindrical base member, an annular surface to face an end surface of the inner member positioned on one side in the axial direction is formed, and

wherein the annular surface has an uneven pattern.

10. The operation device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

an operation button disposed on the inner side of the inner member in the radial direction; and

a support supporting the operation knob such that the operation knob is rotatable and supporting the operation button such that the operation button is movable in the axial direction.

11. The operation device according to claim 10 , wherein the support is an encoder.

12. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation device is an in-vehicle operation device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: TAKADA, KENGO; SHIROTA, TOSHIYA; OHTANI, MASAO
To: DENSO TEN LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-093853 · May 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180330902A1 · Nov 15, 2018