Click module and operation switch
AssigneeOmron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKotaro Wada, Yasuhide Tanaka, Takashi Nose, Hidetoshi Yoshikawa
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Abstract
A click module which gives a feeling of click when an operation knob which is tiltably and pivotally supported on a casing of an operation switch is tiltably operated has a click face on which a crest portion or a valley portion is formed, a click element which slides on the click face, and a resilient member which biases the click element to a click face side. The click module is detachably mounted on the casing. The click element and the click face slide relative to each other in an interlocking manner with a tilting operation of the operation knob.
Claims9
A click module which gives a feeling of click when an operation knob which is tiltably and pivotally supported on a casing of an operation switch is tiltably operated, the click module comprising:
- a click face on which a crest portion or a valley portion is formed;
- a click element which slides on the click face;
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- a resilient member which biases the click element to a click face side,
- wherein the click module is detachably mounted on the casing, and
- wherein the click element and the click face slide relative to each other in an interlocking manner with a tilting operation of the operation knob.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.