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US 2018/0105068 A1Published application
Input device having an operation knob
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiteru TAKAYANAGI
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Abstract
An input device has operation shafts whose tips project through a first elongate hole and a second elongate hole formed through an upper plate portion of a case main body and that are movable along the upper plate portion of the case main body. An operation knob is movably attached to the tips of the operation shafts. The case main body is provided with elastic support pieces that deform following the movement of the operation knob and elastically support the operation knob.
Claims8
An input device comprising:
- an operation shaft, a tip of the operation shaft being projected to the outside through a shaft insertion hole formed through a case main body, the operation shaft being movable along the case main body;
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- an operation knob movably attached to the tip of the operation shaft and driving the operation shaft,
- wherein a bearing portion provided inside the operation knob is recess-projection fitted on the operation shaft, and
- wherein the case main body is provided with an elastic support piece deforming following the movement of the operation knob and elastically supporting the operation knob.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.