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US 10,252,642 B2Granted
Input device having an operation knob
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiteru Takayanagi
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Abstract
An input device has operation shafts whose tips project through a first elongate hole and a second elongate hole formed through an upper plate portion of a case main body and that are movable along the upper plate portion of the case main body. An operation knob is movably attached to the tips of the operation shafts. The case main body is provided with elastic support pieces that deform following the movement of the operation knob and elastically support the operation knob.
Claims7
An input device comprising:
- an operation shaft, a tip of the operation shaft being projected to the outside through a shaft insertion hole formed through a case main body, the operation shaft being movable along the case main body;
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- an operation knob movably attached to the tip of the operation shaft and driving the operation shaft,
- wherein a bearing portion provided inside the operation knob is recess-projection fitted on the operation shaft,
- wherein the case main body is provided with an elastic support piece deforming following the movement of the operation knob and elastically supporting the operation knob, and
- wherein the elastic support piece is provided such that a proximal end portion is integrally attached to the underside of the case main body, a main body portion has a middle part bent such that the main body portion extends downward from the underside of the case main body and then extends upward toward the underside of the case main body, and a distal end portion projects to the outside through a piece insertion hole formed through the case main body and enters the operation knob.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.