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Operating lever, seat device and operating section structure

  • US 9,630,528 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2013
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operating lever comprising:

  • a fixing portion to be fixed to a power transmitter;

    a handle to be griped by a user; and

    an interface connecting the fixing portion and the handle, whereinthe fixing portion, the handle, and the interface are integrally formed;

    the interface has a weak portion at a portion other than an outer periphery of the interface, the weak portion being weaker than other portions,the interface includes;

    an interface main body along a plane orthogonal to a rotary shaft of the power transmitter;

    an interface upper flange erected from an upper edge of the interface main body;

    an interface lower flange erected from a lower edge of the interface main body; and

    a rib residing between the interface upper flange and the interface lower flange, the rib extending from an end of the interface on a side nearer to the fixing portion to a middle of the interface,multiple holes are formed next to each other in the rib, whereby the weak portion is formed in the vicinity of an end of the multiple holes on a side nearer to the handle, andthe holes on a side of the interface upper flange are located nearer to the handle than the holes on a side of the interface lower flange.

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