Patent ID: 9202649
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: F16H,H01H

Abstract:
1. An operation device, comprising: an operation unit configured to perform an input operation, the operation unit including a plurality of contact circuits each having: a determination unit connected to each of the plurality of contact circuits, the determination unit determining if the operation unit is in an ON operation state or in a non-operation state based on the ON state or the OFF state of each of the plurality of contact circuits, all of the plurality of contact circuits being in the OFF state with the respective movable contacts at the initial position when the operation unit is in the non-operation state; and an operation signal generation unit configured to output a signal indicating that the operation unit is in the ON operation state based on a determination result of the determination unit, wherein in response to an ON operation performed on the operation unit, the movable contacts in the plurality of contact circuits move together from the respective initial position to the respective end position such that all of the plurality of contact circuits turn into the ON state, and wherein the plurality of contact circuits include a reference contact circuit and the remaining output contact circuits, a distance between the initial position and a position where the movable contact comes into contact with the second fixed terminal in the reference contact circuit is smaller than that in the output contact circuits.