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US 10,374,582 B2Granted
Operation button and operation device
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorsKengo Takada, Toshiya Shirota, Takahiro Tsukada, Masao Ohtani
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Abstract
An operation button includes: a body that is in a tubular shape; a top which has a light-transmitting portion and which is attached to the body at its one end; a plurality of legs that are provided at the other end of the body at intervals from each other in the circumferential direction; and a flange arranged between the one end and the other end of the body.
Claims8
An operation button, comprising:
- a body in a tubular shape, the body being formed of a material that does not transmit light;
- and
- a top having, as a part thereof, a light-transmitting portion and being attached to the body at one end thereof,
- wherein the body includes:
- a plurality of legs provided at another end of the body at intervals from each other in a circumferential direction;
- and
- a flange arranged between the one end and the another end of the body.
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An operation button, comprising:
- a body in a tubular shape;
- a top having a light-transmitting portion and being attached to the body at one end thereof;
- a plurality of legs provided at another end of the body at intervals from each other in a circumferential direction;
- and
- a flange arranged between the one end and the another end of the body,
- wherein the top has, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a plurality of spherical-surfaced convexities arranged at intervals from each other in the circumferential direction.
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An operation button, comprising:
- an operation button, comprising:
- a body in a tubular shape;
- a top having a light-transmitting portion and being attached to the body at one end thereof;
- a plurality of legs provided at another end of the body at intervals from each other in a circumferential direction;
- and
- a flange arranged between the one end and the another end of the body;
- an operation dial in a ring shape surrounding an outer circumference of the operation button;
- a support member supporting the operation button such that the operation button is movable as the pressed surface is pressed;
- a light source radiating light toward the light-transmitting portion;
- and
- a switch turned on and off as the operation button moves,
- wherein the operation dial has, at an inner circumference thereof, a plated surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.