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US 11,443,878 B2Granted
Operation unit and electronic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShoma Mizutani, Natsu Mikami
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Abstract
An operation unit includes an operation member, a gear portion provided on the operation member, a plurality of gears engaged with the gear portion and rotatable, and a plurality of magnets, each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of gears. The plurality of gears rotate so as to change an attractive force between the magnets, when a user operates the operation member.
Claims12
An operation unit comprising:
- an operation member;
- a gear portion provided on the operation member;
- a plurality of gears engaged with the gear portion and rotatable;
- and
- a plurality of magnets, each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of gears,
- wherein the plurality of gears rotate, so as to change an attractive force between the magnets, when a user operates the operation member, and
- wherein the gear portion has an internal gear shape disposed on an inner circumference of the operation member.
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An operation unit comprising:
- an operation member;
- a gear portion provided on the operation member;
- a plurality of gears engaged with the gear portion and rotatable;
- and
- a plurality of magnets, each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of gears,
- wherein the plurality of gears rotate, so as to change an attractive force between the magnets, when a user operates the operation member, and
- wherein the plurality of gears rotate so that directions of magnetic poles of the plurality of magnets are parallel to each other.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.