Four-way switch including malfunction prevention structure
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorJisub BAN
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Abstract
A four-way switch including a knob configured to be tilted in four directions to perform a switching operation in the four directions; a housing to which the knob is attached in a tiltable manner; a stopper formed on a surface of the housing so as to protrude by a predetermined height, the stopper being configured to limit a downward motion of the knob by contacting a portion of a lower surface of the knob while the knob is tilted; a guide protrusion formed on the lower surface of the knob so as to protrude by a predetermined length; and a guide groove portion formed on the surface of the housing so as to protrude by a predetermined height so as to face the guide protrusion, the guide groove portion including a recess portion having a structure that engages with the guide protrusion.
Claims11
A four-way switch comprising:
- a knob configured to be tilted in four directions to perform a switching operation in the four directions;
- a housing to which the knob is attached in a tiltable manner;
- a stopper formed on a surface of the housing so as to protrude by a predetermined height, the stopper being configured to limit a downward motion of the knob by contacting a portion of a lower surface of the knob while the knob is tilted;
- a guide protrusion formed on the lower surface of the knob so as to protrude by a predetermined length;
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- a guide groove portion formed on the surface of the housing so as to protrude by a predetermined height so as to face the guide protrusion, the guide groove portion including a recess portion having a structure that engages with the guide protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.