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US 12,656,739 B2Granted
Push button device, timepiece and electronic device
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTakumi Yasuda
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Abstract
A push button device including a supporting member provided with a through hole, an operation member having a shaft slidably inserted into the through hole, and a head provided on an outer end of the shaft, and an elastic member which is contracted to be arranged between the head and the supporting member, and further contracted in response to a movement of the operation member.
Claims14
A push button device comprising:
- a supporting member provided with a through hole;
- an operation member having a shaft slidably inserted into the through hole, and a head provided on an outer end of the shaft;
- an energizing member which is a flat spring of a contact switch that is pressed against an end of the shaft and forces the operation member toward an outside of the supporting member;
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- an elastic member which has a plurality of air bubbles and is contracted to be arranged between the head and the supporting member, and further contracted in response to a movement of the operation member,
- wherein, when a pressing operation is released from a state where the pressing operation is performed, the operation member is returned by an energizing force by the energizing member to a state where no pressing operation is performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.