Rotary variable resistor
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideyuki Sakamoto, Mitsuyoshi Kanai
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Abstract
A rotary variable resistor includes a variable resistor body mounted to a console panel, a rotor shaft protruding outward from the variable resistor body, and a control knob coupled to an outer end of the rotor shaft. A single plate-shaped stopper is projectingly provided, along a rotational direction of the rotor shaft, on a front face of the variable resistor body from which the rotor shaft protrudes. First and second restricting portions are provided on the control knob side-by-side along the rotational direction of the rotor shaft to alternately abut against the stopper in defining an actual rotational angle of the rotor shaft.
Claims7
A rotary variable resistor comprising:
- a support member;
- a variable resistor body having a front face mounted directly to a rear face of the support member;
- a bearing tube extending through a first aperture defined in the support member and away from a front face of the support member;
- a rotor shaft rotatably supported on the bearing tube and protruding away from the front face of the variable resistor body;
- a control knob coupled to an outer end of the rotor shaft, wherein the support member is disposed entirely between the variable resistor body and the control knob;
- a plate-shaped stopper extending through a second aperture defined in the support member and projectingly provided, along a rotational direction of the rotor shaft, on the front face of the variable resistor body from which the rotor shaft protrudes;
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- first and second restricting portions provided on the control knob in a side-by-side arrangement relative to each other and along the rotational direction of the rotor shaft,
- wherein the first and second restricting portions alternately abut against the stopper and define an actual rotational angle (β) of the rotor shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.