Patent ID: 11874684
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An operation input device to be mounted on a vehicle, the operation input device comprising:
a support part to be attached to the vehicle;
an operating member supported by the support part and configured to be operated by a person;
an operation sensing part configured to sense an operation on the operating member;
a tactile feedback generating part provided inside the operating member and configured to give tactile feedback to the person; and
a control part configured to control the tactile feedback generating part to produce the tactile feedback when the operation is sensed in the operation sensing part, wherein:
the operating member is provided so as to extend from the support part in a first direction intersecting a traveling direction of the vehicle;
the operating member is restricted so as not to rotate in a swing operation in which a direction intersecting the first direction serves as an axis of rotation;
the operating member includes:
an operating part; and
an operating shaft supported by a fulcrum part, wherein
the operating shaft includes one end part and another end part opposite to the one end part, the fulcrum part supporting the operating shaft at a position between the one end part and the another end part;
the one end part of the operating shaft is connected to the operating part; and
the operating shaft, being supported by the fulcrum part, moves in response to the operating part being operated and moved by the person, and the force is applied to the operation sensing part via the another end part of the operating shaft.