# US 2026/0064084 A1 · Switch device and timepiece > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0064084 A1 - Document ID: US20260064084A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/310,753 - Filed: 2025-08-26 - Published: 2026-03-05 - Earliest claimed: 2024-08-28 - Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroki IGI; Masaki MIYATA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260064084A1 ## CPC - G04G 21/08: Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES ## Abstract A switch device including a case provided with a through hole, an operation member having a shaft section which is inserted into the through hole of the case and a head section provided on an outer end portion of the shaft section, and a buffering member which is arranged in the head section of the operation member, in which the buffering member includes a cylindrical main body section, a plurality of first projection sections which projects toward the head section side from one surface of the main body section, and a plurality of second projection sections which projects toward the case side from an other surface of the main body section located on a side opposite to the head section side, and the first projection sections and the second projection sections are arranged at positions not overlapping with each other in an axial direction of the operation member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A switch device comprising: a case provided with a through hole; an operation member having a shaft section which is inserted into the through hole of the case and a head section provided on an outer end portion of the shaft section; and a buffering member which is arranged in the head section of the operation member, wherein the buffering member includes a cylindrical main body section, a plurality of first projection sections which projects toward the head section side from one surface of the main body section, and a plurality of second projection sections which projects toward the case side from an other surface of the main body section located on a side opposite to the head section side, and wherein the plurality of first projection sections and the plurality of second projection sections are arranged at positions not overlapping with each other in an axial direction of the operation member when viewed from the head section side of the operation member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The switch device according to claim 1, wherein the buffering member includes a plurality of second recess sections provided corresponding to the plurality of first projection sections in the axial direction of the operation member, and a plurality of first recess sections provided corresponding to the plurality of second projection sections 35 in the axial direction of the operation member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The switch device according to claim 2, wherein each boundary section of the main body section between each first projection section and each second projection section is elastically or resiliently deformed when an external impact in the axial direction of the operation member is exerted on the buffering member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The switch device according to claim 1, further comprising: a cylindrical member of which at least one portion is inserted into the through hole of the case, and into which a portion of the shaft section of the operation member is inserted, wherein the shaft section of the operation member includes a shaft body section which is inserted into the cylindrical member, and a shaft operation section which is arranged outside the cylindrical member, and wherein the head section of the operation member includes a small-diameter hole section into which the shaft operation section of the shaft section is inserted, and a middle-diameter hole section into which the buffering member is inserted. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The switch device according to claim 4, further comprising: a locking mechanism which locks the operation member to the cylindrical member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The switch device according to claim 5, wherein the locking mechanism includes a locking member which is locked to the cylindrical member by a rotation operation on the operation member, and a rotation transmission member which is a separate member from the locking member and rotates the locking member in response to the rotation operation on the operation member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The switch device according to claim 6, wherein the rotation transmission member is fitted into and fixed in a large-diameter hole section in the head section of the operation member by press fitting. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The switch device according to claim 7, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the large-diameter hole section is provided with a positioning restriction section which restricts a position to which the rotation transmission member is pressed in the head section of the operation member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The switch device according to claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism includes a stopper section which prevents the locking member from slipping out of the head section of the operation member toward the case side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The switch device according to claim 6, wherein the buffering member is arranged in the middle-diameter hole section in the head section of the operation member and pressed against the locking member, and wherein the locking member separably comes in contact with a contact section provided on the cylindrical member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The switch device according to claim 1, further comprising: an energizing member which forces the head section of the operation member in a direction to be pressed outside the case. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A timepiece comprising the switch device according to claim 1.