公开(公告)号：US11874684B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17653718

申请日：2022-03-07

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Asuka Koike ,  Takeaki Maehata

IPC: G05G5/03 ,  B60R16/027 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/033 ,  H01H25/04

CPC classification number: G05G5/03 ,  B60R16/027 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/033 ,  H01H25/04

Abstract: An operation input device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a support part to be attached to the vehicle, an operating member supported by the support part and configured to be operated by a person, an operation sensing part configured to sense an operation on the operating member, a tactile feedback generating part provided inside the operating member and configured to give tactile feedback to the person, and a control part configured to control the tactile feedback generating part to produce the tactile feedback when the operation is sensed in the operation sensing part, the operating member is provided so as to extend from the support part in a first direction intersecting the traveling direction of the vehicle, and the operating member is restricted so as not to rotate in a swing operation in which a direction intersecting the first direction serves as the axis of rotation.

公开(公告)号：US11810738B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17333253

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tatsuhiro Tomiyama ,  Takeaki Maehata ,  Yoshihiro Hashimoto ,  Yukio Miura ,  Kazunari Takahashi

IPC: G06F3/0362 ,  H01H21/24 ,  B60K37/06 ,  H01H21/04

CPC classification number: H01H21/24 ,  B60K37/06 ,  H01H21/04 ,  G06F3/0362

Abstract: An input device includes an manipulating part, a movable member fixed to the manipulating part and having a rotating shaft, a fixing member configured to rotatably support the rotating shaft so that the movable member is rotatable, a flex sensor disposed on the manipulating part and configured to detect flexing of the manipulating part, a switch disposed on the movable member or the fixing member, pressed by a rotating operation of the movable member, and configured to switch between an on state and an off state when a flexing amount of the manipulating part reaches a predetermined amount, and a signal processor configured to output a control signal, based on a first output signal of the flex sensor, and a second output signal of the switch.

公开(公告)号：US11604488B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US16912311

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Asuka Koike ,  Takeaki Maehata ,  Ryuichiro Yasuhara ,  Kazunari Takahashi ,  Atsushi Goto

IPC: G05G5/26 ,  F16D57/00 ,  G05G5/03 ,  G05G1/08

Abstract: An input device includes a fixed unit, a rotary member rotatably supported by the fixed unit, a rotation-detecting unit that detects a rotation angle of the rotary member, a brake-applying unit that applies a braking force to the rotary member, a torque-applying unit that applies a driving torque to the rotary member, and a control unit that controls the brake-applying unit and the torque-applying unit. The brake-applying unit includes magnetorheological fluid, a brake-applying coil that applies a magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid, a shaft to which braking torque that changes with viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid is applied, and a transmission gear provided on the shaft and that is in mesh with a gear provided on the rotary member. The shaft is positioned on an outer side with respect to the rotary member in a radial direction of the rotary member.