Switch device
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTakeshi MIYASAKA, Kazuaki MORITA
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Abstract
A switch device includes an actuation unit, a movable unit, a first base, and a second spring, which is a torsion coil spring that acts between the actuation unit and the movable unit. The movable unit is movable with respect to the base. The second spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a third position in a direction that is not parallel to a direction in which the torsion coil spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at a fourth position.
Claims13
A switch device that is switchable in accordance with a position of an actuation unit, the switch device comprising:
- the actuation unit;
- a movable unit;
- a base;
- and
- a torsion coil spring that acts between the actuation unit and the movable unit,
- wherein the movable unit is movable with respect to the base supporting the movable unit,
- the actuation unit is movable between a first actuation position and a second actuation position, and
- when the actuation unit is at the first actuation position, the torsion coil spring applies a force to the actuation unit in a direction that is not parallel to a direction in which the torsion coil spring applies a force to the actuation unit when the actuation unit is at the second actuation position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.