Patent ID: 9269336
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G10C,G10H

Claim Text:
1. An operating element device comprising: a pivoting body pivotally supported so that the pivoting body is pivotable about a pivot axis in response to a force directly or indirectly exerted on the pivoting body by an operator; and a reaction force generation member that becomes elastically deformed by a depression exerted in an axis line direction and generates a reaction force against the depression, the reaction force generation member increasing the reaction force from a beginning with an increasing amount of elastic deformation by the depression, and buckling to reduce the reaction force after a peak of the reaction force; and a fastened member, wherein one of the pivoting body or the fastened member includes a depression portion, wherein the reaction force generation member is disposed on one of the fastened member or the pivoting body, opposed to the depression portion, so that the depression portion depresses the reaction force generation member in an axis line direction in response to pivoting of the pivoting body, wherein the depression portion and the reaction force generation member are configured so that the axis line direction of the reaction force generation member exists within an angle between a first normal line of a plane including the pivot axis and a depression point of the depression portion at a first point in time when the depression portion comes into contact with the reaction force generation member, and a second normal line of the plane including the pivot axis and the depression point of the depression portion at a second point in time when the depression portion finishes depressing the reaction force generation member.