Rotary and pushbutton switch operating mechanism including flexible connection arrangement located between rotor and shaft
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Matsui, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Hideki Shigemoto
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Abstract
A rotary operation type electric device of the present invention includes: a rotary shaft; a rotary plate which is rotatable around the rotational axis; a connecting member for connecting the rotary shaft and the rotary plate, which retracts in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and does not retract in a rotary direction of the rotary plate; and an output terminal for outputting a signal in accordance with rotation of the rotary plate.
Claims13
A rotary operation type electronic device comprising:
- a rotary shaft;
- a rotary plate which is rotatable around a rotational axis;
- connection means for connecting the rotary shaft and the rotary plate which, as a result of movement of the rotary shaft in an axial direction, retracts in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and does not retract in a rotary direction of the rotary plate;
- and
- output means, operatively coupled to the rotary plate, for outputting a signal in accordance with rotation of the rotary plate as a result of rotation of the rotary shaft,
- wherein the rotary plate has a donut-like shade including an inner circumference add an outer circumference, and the connection means is connected along the inner circumference of the rotary plate having the donut-like shade.
A rotary operation type electronic device comprising:
- a rotary shaft;
- a rotary plate which is rotatable around a rotational axis;
- connection means for connecting the rotary shaft and the rotary plate which, as a result of movement of the rotary shaft in an axial direction retracts in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and does not retract in a rotary direction of the rotary plate;
- and
- output means, operatively coupled to the rotary plate, for outputting a signal in accordance with rotation of the rotary plate as a result of rotation of the rotary shaft,
- wherein the connection means has a plurality of rings and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting adjacent rings, and the plurality of rings are placed on concentric circles having respectively different radiuses.
A rotary operation type electronic device comprising:
- a rotary shaft;
- a rotary plate which is rotatable around a rotational axis;
- connection means for connecting the rotary shaft and the rotary plate which, as a result of movement of the rotary shaft in an axial direction, retracts in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and does not retract in a rotary direction of the rotary plate;
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- output means, operatively coupled to the rotary plate, for outputting a signal in accordance with rotation of the rotary plate as a result of rotation of the rotary shaft,
- wherein the connection means has a plurality of members which are convexly bendable in the axial direction, each of the plurality of bendable members have an end connected to the rotary plate and the other end connected to the rotary shaft.
A rotary operation type electronic device comprising:
- a rotary shaft;
- a rotary plate which is rotatable around a rotational axis;
- connecting means embracing the rotary shaft and extending between the rotary shaft and the rotary plate permitting relative axial movement between the rotary shaft and the rotary plate while precluding relative rotation;
- and
- output means, operatively coupled to the rotary plate, for outputting a signal in accordance with rotation of the rotary plate as a result of rotation of the rotary shaft,
- wherein the rotary plate has a donut-like shape including an inner circumference and an outer circumference, and the connecting means is connected along the inner circumference of the rotary plate having the donut-like shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.