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US 2013/0092519 A1Published application
Rotary switch
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsHISASHI NISHIKAWA, MINORU SHIOZAKI
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Abstract
In a rotary switch, a latching portion having a recess or a hole provided in a decorative cover engages with a locking portion having a protrusion provided on an operating knob, and a catching portion of a rotary body contacts with an inner side of the locking portion on one side closer to the rotary body. The decorative cover is thus attached to the operating body.
Claims7
A rotary switch comprising:
- an operating body having
- a hollow operating knob,
- a hollow cylinder portion connected to the operating knob, and opened at one end opposite to the operating knob, and
- a locking portion extending from a side surface of the operating knob toward the cylinder portion , the locking portion being elastically deformable in an inside-to-outside direction of the operating knob within a space provided between a tip of the locking portion and the cylindrical portion;
- a decorative cover having
- a cover portion, and
- a latching portion extending toward the operating body from a surface of the cover portion confronting the cylinder portion of the operating body;
- a rotary body having a catching portion contacting with the locking portion, and disposed inside the cylinder portion of the operating body;
- and
- a switching unit configured to make and break electrical continuity as the rotary body is rotated by rotational operation of the operating body,
- wherein one of the latching portion and the locking portion is provided with a recess, and the other one is provided with a protrusion, and the decorative cover is attached to the operating knob by an engagement of the recess with the protrusion and the contact between the catching portion and the locking portion.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.