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US 2009/0153278 A1Published application
Vehicle switch
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsMasaru Shimizu, Kiyotaka Uehira, Toshio Osawa
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Abstract
A vehicle switch has a case, a movable body, a spring, a magnet, a detector, and an operating shaft. The movable body is reciprocably accommodated in the case. The spring pushes the movable body in a direction away from an internal bottom of the case. The magnet is attached to the movable body. The detector detects a magnetic flux density generated from the magnet. A lower end of the operating shaft is in contact with the movable body. The movable body has a press contact portion with which the operating shaft is in contact at a point or along a line.
Claims3
A vehicle switch comprising:
- a case;
- a movable body reciprocably accommodated in the case;
- a spring disposed to push the movable body in a direction away from an internal bottom of the case;
- a magnet attached to the movable body;
- a detector configured to detect a magnetic flux density generated from the magnet;
- and
- an operating shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being in contact with the movable body,
- wherein the movable body has a press contact portion with which the first end of the operating shaft is in contact at a point or along a line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.