Patent ID: 7637181
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G01D,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An operating device comprising: an axially displaceable rod movable in a first axial direction beyond an equilibrium position when subjected to a first axially acting force to a first position in which the operating device is adapted to issue a first item of information, the rod being axially movable in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, beyond the equilibrium position in response to a second axially acting force to a second position in which the device is adapted to issue a second item of information, a first catch arrangement disposed on the rod; a second catch arrangement disposed on the rod; a first detent hard point arrangement engageable with the first catch arrangement during the movement of the rod from the equilibrium position towards the first position; and a second detent hard point arrangement engageable with the second catch arrangement during the movement of the rod from the equilibrium position towards the second position.