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US 12,462,992 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsYuta Tamaki, Hironobu Endo, Yasuhiro Ootori
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Abstract
Buttons (41A, 41B) have a button moving part (42) disposed in front of a circuit board (51) and allowed to move in a front-back direction, and guided parts (42e) moving in conjunction with the button moving part (42). The buttons (41A, 41B) cause the button moving part (42) to operate a switch (52) of the circuit board (51). Guide parts (21E, 21F) are disposed along the guided parts (42e) and restrict the direction in which the button moving part (42) moves. The guide parts (21E, 21F) and the guided parts (42e) have portions located back of a front surface (51a) of the circuit board (51). This structure effectively prevents the buttons from tilting when they are operated.
Claims19
An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a circuit board that includes a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a switch mounted on the first surface;
- a button that includes a moving part and a guided part, the moving part being disposed in the first direction with respect to the switch and allowed to move in the first direction and the second direction, the guided part moving in conjunction with the moving part, the button causing the moving part to operate the switch;
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- a guide part that is formed along the guided part and restricts a direction in which the moving part moves, wherein:
- the guide part and the guided part each have a portion positioned more in the second direction than the first surface of the circuit board,
- an electrical part is disposed in the second direction with respect to the circuit board, and
- a distance from the first surface of the circuit board to the electrical part is longer than a distance from an end of the guide part to the electrical part.
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An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a circuit board that includes a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a switch mounted on the first surface;
- a button that includes a moving part and a guided part, the moving part being disposed in the first direction with respect to the switch and allowed to move in the first direction and the second direction, the guided part moving in conjunction with the moving part, the button causing the moving part to operate the switch;
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- a guide part that is formed along the guided part and restricts a direction in which the moving part moves, wherein:
- the guide part and the guided part each have a portion positioned more in the second direction than the first surface of the circuit board,
- one of the guide part and the guided part has a contact part projecting toward the other of the guide part and the guided part, and
- the contact part is positioned more in the second direction than in the first direction of the first surface of the circuit board.
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An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a circuit board that includes a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a switch mounted on the first surface;
- a button that includes a moving part and a guided part, the moving part being disposed in the first direction with respect to the switch and allowed to move in the first direction and the second direction, the guided part moving in conjunction with the moving part, the button causing the moving part to operate the switch;
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- a guide part that is formed along the guided part and restricts a direction in which the moving part moves, wherein:
- the guide part and the guided part each have a portion positioned more in the second direction than the first surface of the circuit board,
- the moving part has a base positioned in the first direction with respect to the first surface of the circuit board, and
- the guided part extends from the base in the second direction past the second surface of the circuit board.
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An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a circuit board that includes a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a switch mounted on the first surface;
- a button that includes a moving part and a guided part, the moving part being disposed in the first direction with respect to the switch and allowed to move in the first direction and the second direction, the guided part moving in conjunction with the moving part, the button causing the moving part to operate the switch;
- a guide part that is formed along the guided part and restricts a direction in which the moving part moves;
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- a sheathing panel that is configured to cover the first surface of the circuit board and has an opening formed thereon, wherein:
- the guide part and the guided part each have a portion positioned more in the second direction than the first surface of the circuit board,
- the moving part of the button has an operable part disposed inside the opening of the sheathing panel,
- the operable part is shaped to be elongated in a fourth direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
- one of the guide part and the guided part flanks another of the guide part and the guided part in the fourth direction.
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