Patent ID: 6328127
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B62D,F15B,F16H,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
An operating lever device, comprising:an operating lever tiltable in an arbitrary longitudinal or transverse tilting direction in two dimensions;a longitudinally rotating shaft rotating in accordance with the tilting of the operating lever along a longitudinal direction component;a transversely rotating shaft rotating in accordance with the tilting of the operating lever along a transverse direction component; anddrive signal generation means for generating a drive signal in accordance with a direction and an amount of tilt of the operation lever, and outputting the result to two actuators, wherein the operating lever device further comprises:holding means for holding the operating lever in a tilted position of a directional component selected from the longitudinal and transverse direction components by generating a sliding resistance in the longitudinally rotating shaft or the transversely rotating shaft when the operating lever is tilted.