Patent ID: 9599539
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: F16H,G01M,G05G,Y10T

Claim:
1. An ignition operation actuator comprising: a drive section comprising a motor and a rotation transmission coupling; a flexible shaft that is rotationally driven by the drive section; and an operation section mounted to a tip end portion of the flexible shaft so as to pressingly operate a push start ignition of a vehicle, wherein the operation section comprises a press button that presses the push start ignition, a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert rotation of the flexible shaft into a linear motion of the press button, and a holder to which the press button and the motion conversion mechanism are mounted, the motion conversion mechanism comprises a cam that is rotated about a rotation shaft so as to press a cam engagement portion disposed on a back face side of the press button, an axial direction of the rotation shaft is perpendicular to a direction of the linear motion of the press button, the tip end portion of the flexible shaft is detachably connected to an adapter disposed on the holder, and rotation of the flexible shaft is transmitted to the rotation shaft of the cam via a rotation transmission mechanism, wherein the cam is provided with a cam follower that is brought into contact with the cam engagement portion and presses the cam engagement portion, and wherein the cam follower is constituted of a first cam follower disposed on an end portion of one side of the cam with respect to the rotation shaft of the cam, and a second cam follower disposed on an end portion of the other side of the cam with respect to the rotation shaft of the cam.