Latch release operating apparatus
AssigneeMitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuyuki Ishiguro
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Abstract
A latch release operating apparatus includes a switch unit that has a push button on its switch main unit and that is turned ON for releasing a latch state of a door when the push button is pressed down; a base member that holds the switch unit via the switch main unit such that the push button faces the outside; and a waterproof cover member that is attached on a surface of the base member and that covers the push button. A peripheral edge of the cover member is held between the base member and a door outer panel, and the switch unit is mounted on the door outer panel via the base member such that the push button is operable from an outside of the door outer panel via the cover member.
Claims7
A latch release operating apparatus comprising:
- a switch unit that includes a switch main unit having a push button, wherein the switch unit is configured to be turned ON for releasing a latch state of a door when the push button is pressed down with respect to the switch main unit;
- a base member that holds the switch unit via the switch main unit such that the push button faces the outside from a surface of the base member;
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- a cover member that is waterproof, that is attached on the surface of the base member, and that covers the push button;
- wherein a peripheral edge of the cover member is held with contact pressure between the base member and a door outer panel, and the switch unit is mounted on the door outer panel via the base member such that the push button is operable from an outside of the door outer panel via the cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.