Switch device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Udo
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Abstract
An operation element is disposed in a recess provided in a lower surface of a controller attached to a vehicle ceiling part, and the operation element comprises an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear, a protruding portion formed by the inclined portion, and provided on a vehicle front side of a point, on the operation element, that has an equal distance from opposite ends of the operation element in a front-back direction, and an operating rotary shaft disposed on a side of the protruding portion.
Claims5
A switch device actuated by a tilt operation of an operation element, wherein the operation element is disposed in a recess provided in a lower surface of a controller attached to a vehicle ceiling part,
- wherein
- the operation element is supported in the recess by a support block,
- the operation element comprises:
- an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear;
- a protruding portion that is formed by the inclined portion and that has a top that is a lowermost end of the inclined portion, the top being provided on a vehicle front side of a point on the operation element that has an equal distance from opposite ends of the operation element in a front-back direction;
- and
- a rotary shaft disposed on a side of the protruding portion the vehicle front side of the point, the rotary shaft rotatably attaches the operation element to the support block,
- the inclined portion forms a tilt operation surface that tilts so that the rotary shaft is at a center of rotation, and
- the top is disposed on the inclined portion, on a vehicle front side of the rotary shaft a predetermined distance from the rotary shaft to the vehicle front.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.