Input device and exterior cover of input device
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasaho MORITA, Takeshi IGARASHI
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Abstract
An exterior member of an input device is enabled to be removed easily. A cover lock member of the input device has a second engaging portion for engaging with a first engaging portion of an upper cover as an exterior member. The cover lock member is movable between a locking position at which the second engaging portion engages with the first engaging portion and an unlocking position at which the engagement between the second engaging portion and the first engaging portion is released.
Claims20
An input device comprising:
- a device main body including an operation member unit;
- and
- a first exterior cover in which an opening configured to expose at least a part of the operation member unit is formed and that is attached to the device main body,
- the first exterior cover having a first engaging portion, the device main body having a cover lock member, and
- the cover lock member having a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion and being movable between a locking position at which the second engaging portion engages with the first engaging portion and an unlocking position at which the engagement between the second engaging portion and the first engaging portion is released.
An exterior cover of an input device, the exterior cover comprising:
- a front edge;
- a rear edge as an edge on an opposite side from the front edge;
- a first engaging portion formed at the rear edge;
- a second engaging portion formed at the front edge;
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- an opening for exposing an operation member of the input device, the opening being formed between the front edge and the rear edge,
- the second engaging portion projecting frontward from the front edge, and
- the first engaging portion projecting downward from the rear edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.