Operation mechanism and input device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi OHARA
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Abstract
An operation mechanism includes a magnet; a first movable plate formed of a magnetic material and connected to one pole of the magnet; and a second movable plate formed of a magnetic material and connected to another pole of the magnet, wherein, while the first movable plate is not being operated, the second movable plate is at a return position that overlaps the first movable plate, and wherein, while the first movable plate is being operated, the first movable plate pushes down a middle portion of the second movable plate, such that the middle portion of the second movable plate remains in contact with the first movable plate and the second movable plate is tilted, so as to cause a free end of the second movable plate to be separated from the first movable plate.
Claims12
An operation mechanism comprising:
- a magnet;
- a first movable plate formed of a magnetic material and connected to one pole of the magnet;
- and
- a second movable plate formed of a magnetic material and connected to another pole of the magnet,
- wherein, while the first movable plate is not being operated, the second movable plate is at a return position that overlaps the first movable plate, and
- wherein, while the first movable plate is being operated, the first movable plate pushes down a middle portion of the second movable plate, such that the middle portion of the second movable plate remains in contact with the first movable plate and the second movable plate is tilted, so as to cause a free end of the second movable plate to be separated from the first movable plate.
An operation mechanism comprising:
- a magnet;
- a first movable plate formed of a magnetic material, and provided to have a terminal end connected to one pole of the magnet, and to be tiltable with the terminal end as a fulcrum;
- and
- a second movable plate formed of a magnetic material, and provided to have a terminal end connected to another pole of the magnet, and to be tiltable with the terminal end as a fulcrum,
- wherein a portion on a free end side of the first movable plate and a portion on a free end side of the second movable plate are provided to overlap each other,
- wherein, on a plane where the first movable plate and the second movable plate overlap, a first gap is provided between the free end of the first movable plate and the terminal end of the second movable plate, and a second gap is provided between the free end of the second movable plate and the terminal end of the first movable plate, and
- wherein the free end of the first movable plate overlaps a middle portion of the second movable plate to be always contactable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.