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US 6,646,211 B2Granted
Switch
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyoichi Taniuchi, Takeshi Fujii, Toyoshi Fukumura
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Abstract
A switch having good maneuverability includes a switch case, a rocker-button unit having a hole therein and a rotating shaft located at a side of the rocker button unit and held at the switch case, and a push-button unit movably disposed in the hole. Further, the switch includes a slider whose upper surface comes in contact with a lower surface of the push-button unit, and the slider is movably accommodated in the switch case.
Claims21
A switch comprising:
- a switch case;
- a rocker-button unit having a hole therein;
- a rotatable shaft located at a side of said rocker button unit and held at said switch case;
- a push-button unit movably disposed in the hole and having a lower surface;
- and
- a slider having an upper surface in contact with said lower surface of said push-button unit, said slider being accommodated in said switch case and being operable to move in a first direction,
- wherein said rocker-button unit is operable to rotate about said rotatable shaft, and
- wherein the first direction is independent of a position of said rocker-button unit.
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A switch comprising:
- a switch case;
- a rocker-button unit having a hole therein;
- a rotatable shaft located at a side of said rocker button unit and held at said switch case;
- a push-button unit movably disposed in the hole and having a lower surface;
- and
- a slider having an upper surface in contact with said lower surface of said push-button unit, said slider being accommodated in said switch case and being operable to move in a first direction,
- wherein said lower surface of said push-button unit has a first arc shape,
- wherein said upper surface of said slider has a second arc shape having a center that is located on an axis of rotation of said rocker-button unit, and
- wherein a diameter of the first arc shape is larger than a diameter of the second arc shape.
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A switch comprising:
- a switch case;
- a rocker-button unit having a hole therein;
- a rotatable shaft located at a side of said rocker button unit and held at said switch case;
- a push-button unit movably disposed in the hole and having a lower surface;
- and
- a slider having an upper surface in contact with said lower surface of said push-button unit, said slider being accommodated in said switch case and being operable to move in a first direction,
- wherein a hemispherical fulcrum section protrudes from a center of a bottom of said push-button unit,
- wherein an upper surface of said slider has a plane shape,
- wherein said fulcrum section contacts the upper surface of said slider, and
- wherein said push-button unit and said rocker-button unit have the same axis of rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.