Patent ID: 9630101
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F,H01H

Claim:
1. An operating device comprising: an operating shaft having a central axis, which at rest is co-axial with a reference axis; a movable body adapted to hold the operating shaft; a base body that is opposed to the movable body in the axial direction of the operating shaft, the base body including a portion that is in contact with the movable body, supports the movable body in such a manner as to permit the operating shaft to move on a plane vertical to the operating shaft such that the operating shaft is movable axially along the reference axis, radially away from the reference axis, and rotationally about the central axis, and receives forces that vary in magnitude in directions along the plane vertical to the operating shaft resulting from the motion of the operating shaft; and sensors adapted to detect the forces that vary in magnitude acting on the base body such that: (i) a first range of forces are detectable when the operating shaft is moved axially along the reference axis; (ii) a second range of forces are detectable when the operating shaft is moved radially away from the reference axis; (iii) a third range of forces are detectable when the operating shaft is moved rotationally about the central axis.