Input device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsShun Kayama, Yasuhiro Kataoka, Kenji Munekata
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Abstract
The invention provides a thin and small input device that improves a tactile operation sensation and a luxurious appearance. An input device to which an operator enters a desired command by operating it with a finger and which has a case, switch contacts disposed in the case, rotatable operation members disposed rotatably corresponding to the switch contacts that are partially projected from the holes of the case and pressed by an operator, and support members 44 for supporting the rotatable operation members by pressing it onto the case side and for operating the switch contacts when an operator presses the rotatable operation member against the pressing force.
Claims7
An input device info which an operator enters desired commands by operating with a finger comprising;
- a case,
- a switch contact provided in the inside of said case having a hole communicating to the outside of said case,
- an rotatable operation member provided rotatably to said switch contact and disposed partially projecting from said hole of said case, and
- a support member for supporting said rotatable operation member by pressing it onto said hole of said case side and actuating electrodes provided to said switch contact to be connected when said rotatable operation member is pressed from the outside of said case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.