Patent ID: 11947376
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An input device, comprising:
an operation member vertically movably disposed on a support;
urging means for urging the operation member upward; and
at least one inclination preventive member that reduces an inclination of the operation member by coupling a first end and a second end of the operation member in a first horizontal direction and linking vertical movements of the first end and the second end together,
wherein the at least one inclination preventive member includes
a main shaft extending in the first horizontal direction and rotatably and axially supported by the support,
a pair of arms extending from opposite ends of the main shaft toward an identical side in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and
a pair of secondary shafts extending in the first horizontal direction from distal ends of the pair of arms, and rotatably and axially supported by the first end and the second end of the operation member, and

wherein the pair of arms includes a short arm and a long arm with different lengths.