Trigger switch
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTakumi Fujihara, Keiichiro Kobuchi, Taiki Koyama, Kazushi Maeta, Kohei Sugiyama
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Abstract
A trigger switch used in electric devices such as various types of electric tools may be provided that drives a drive unit, such as a drive motor of the electric device, by pushing a trigger. A trigger switch includes a mode switching lever that switches between a constant speed mode in which the drive unit is driven at constant speed and a shift mode in which the drive unit is driven by an output corresponding to a pushing amount of a trigger. Further, the mode switching lever includes a regulating portion that regulates the pushing amount of the trigger according to the switched mode.
Claims8
A trigger switch configured to drive a drive unit by pushing a trigger, comprising a switching member configured to switch between a mode in which the drive unit is driven at constant speed and a mode in which the drive unit is driven by an output according to a pushing amount of the trigger, wherein the switching member is configured to receive a swing operation to switch between the modes, and includes a regulating portion coupled to the trigger and configured to regulate the pushing amount of the trigger according to the switched mode and thereby regulate whether the pushing amount results the drive unit being driven at the constant speed or the drive unit being driven by an output according to a pushing amount of the trigger.
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