Rotary switch assembly
AssigneeSony EMCS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
InventorKok Eng Looi
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Abstract
A rotary switch assembly (100; 200) is disclosed. The assembly may include a dial assembly (102; 202) having a main body (150; 250) disposed about a centre aperture (132; 232). The main body may be rotatable about a central axis (126; 226) in both a clockwise (106; 206) and counter clockwise direction (108; 208). The dial assembly includes a projecting member (138; 238) extending outward from the main body. The assembly includes a switch (114; 214) having an actuator (156; 256) moveable between a first position (158; 258) and a second position (160; 260). The actuator is positioned such that when the dial assembly is rotated clockwise, the projecting member moves the actuator to the first position, and when rotated counter clockwise, the projecting member moves the actuator to the second position.
Claims11
A rotary switch assembly comprising:
- (a) a dial assembly (102) having a main body disposed about a centre aperture, the main body rotatable about a central axis (126) in both a clockwise direction and a counter clockwise direction, the dial assembly including at least one projecting member (138) extending outward from the main body;
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- (b) a switch (114) having an actuator (156) moveable in a first direction to a first position for activating a first circuit and moveable in a second direction to a second position for activating a second circuit, wherein the actuator is positioned relative to the dial assembly such that when the dial assembly is rotated clockwise, the projecting member interacts with the actuator to result in the actuator moving in the first direction to the first position, and when the dial assembly is rotated counter clockwise, the projecting member (138) interacts with the actuator (156) to result in the actuator moving in the second direction to the second position,
- wherein the rotary switch assembly is mounted to a printed wiring board (112) such that the central axis (126) is oriented substantially parallel to the printed wiring board.
A rotary switch assembly comprising:
- (a) a dial assembly (102) having a main body disposed about a centre aperture, the main body rotatable about a central axis (126) in both a clockwise direction and a counter clockwise direction, the dial assembly including at least one projecting member (138) extending outward from the main body;
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- (b) a two-way direction detector switch (114) having an actuator (156) moveable in a first direction to a first position for activating a first circuit and moveable in a second direction to a second position for activating a second circuit, wherein the actuator is positioned relative to the dial assembly (102) such that when the dial assembly is rotated clockwise, the projecting member (138) interacts with the actuator to result in the actuator moving in the first direction to the first position, and when the dial assembly (102) is rotated counter clockwise, the projecting member (138) interacts with the actuator to result in the actuator moving in the second direction to the second position, wherein
- the rotary switch assembly has a low profile having a height less than about 6 mm;
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- the rotary switch assembly is mounted to a printed wiring board (112) such that the central axis (126) is orient substantially parallel to the printed wiring board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.