Input device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorSatoru Konno
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Abstract
An input device includes a substrate, a case configured to accommodate the substrate, an operation knob swingably engaged to the case and operated by an operator, and a panel member having an opening allowing swing of the operation knob, at least a part of the opening being closed by the operation knob. The operation knob includes a swing end formed at a predetermined distance from a rotation axis that serves as a rotation center. The panel member includes a fixed end that defines one end of the opening and that faces the swing end in a neutral state in which no operation is performed, and a gap is formed between those ends. The case includes a protrusion, and at least a part of the protrusion overlaps the gap when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the substrate in the neutral state in plan view.
Claims12
An input device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a case configured to accommodate the substrate;
- an operation knob swingably supported by the case and configured to be operated by an operator;
- and
- a panel member having an opening allowing swing of the operation knob, at least a part of the opening being closed by the operation knob,
- wherein the operation knob includes a swing end formed at a predetermined distance from a rotation axis that serves as a rotation center when the operation knob is swung,
- wherein the panel member includes a fixed end that defines one end of the opening and that faces the swing end of the operation knob in a neutral state in which no operation is performed by the operator,
- wherein the swing end and the fixed end form a gap therebetween, and
- wherein the case includes a protrusion that protrudes toward the gap on a lower side of the gap, and at least a part of the protrusion overlaps the gap when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the substrate in the neutral state in plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.