Patent ID: 8141691

Claim:
An operating lever, comprising: a lever holder; a lever pivotably coupled to the lever holder; a wire having one end thereof coupled to the lever and another end coupled to an operated component; and an operating component rotatably coupled to the lever holder, the operating component regulating a pulling margin of the wire; wherein the operating component circumferentially contacts an outer periphery of the lever holder, with projections on the operating component engaging projections on the lever holder where the operating component contacts the lever holder; the projections on the operating component are configured to undergo elastic deformation when the operating component is rotated relative to the lever holder, all the projections on the operating component and the lever holder project in radial directions, and the projections range substantially continuously over substantially an entire inner circumferential surface of the operating component and substantially an entire outer circumferential surface of the lever holder so as to make contact at a contact portion of the lever holder.