Latch-release actuating apparatus
AssigneeMitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuyuki Ishiguro
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Abstract
A latch-release actuating apparatus includes a switch element, a base member, and a cover member. The switch element is depressed via the cover member. In the latch-release actuating apparatus, a key top member and the cover member are formed to be long to extend horizontally from an upper region of the push button. The key top member is arranged on a back surface of the cover member so that a longitudinal direction of the key top member coincides with a longitudinal direction of the cover member. Furthermore, claws and retaining portions to which the claws are retained are arranged between the base member and both longitudinal ends of the key top member, thereby constituting a regulating unit for restricting separation of the key top member from the push button when the claw abuts on the retaining portion.
Claims17
A latch-release actuating apparatus comprising:
- a switch element that is turned on to release a latched state of a trunk lid when a push button is depressed against a switch main body;
- a base member that includes a concave portion which therein accommodates the switch element;
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- a cover member that has a water-tightness and covers up the concave portion,
- wherein the switch element is depressed via the cover member,
- wherein a key top member and the cover member are formed to be elongated and to extend to an upper region of the push button,
- wherein the key top member is arranged on a back surface of the cover member such that a longitudinal direction of the key top member coincides with a longitudinal direction of the cover member,
- wherein the key top member includes a first retaining claw and a second retaining claw at longitudinal ends of the key top member,
- wherein the base member includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion at longitudinal ends of the concave portion, and
- wherein the first retaining claw is accommodated within the first retaining portion and the second retaining claw is accommodated within the second retaining portion, such that the first retaining claw and the second retaining claw are movable in a depth direction of the concave portion and are retained not to come off the first retaining portion and the second retaining portion in the longitudinal direction, respectively.
A latch-release actuating apparatus comprising:
- a switch element comprising a push button, wherein the switch element is configured to be turned on to release a latched state of a trunk lid when the push button is depressed;
- a base member comprising a concave portion having a first retaining portion at one longitudinal end of the concave portion and a second retaining portion at another longitudinal end of the concave portion, wherein the concave portion accommodates the switch element;
- a cover member covering up the concave portion, wherein the switch element is configured to be depressed via the cover member;
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- a key top member comprising a first retaining claw at one longitudinal end of the key top member and a second retaining claw at another longitudinal end of the key top member,
- wherein the key top member and the cover member are formed to extend to an upper region of the push button,
- wherein the key top member is arranged on a back surface of the cover member such that a longitudinal direction of the key top member coincides with a longitudinal direction of the cover member, and
- wherein the first retaining claw is accommodated within the first retaining portion and the second retaining claw is accommodated within the second retaining portion, such that the first retaining claw and the second retaining claw are movable in a depth direction of the concave portion and are retained not to come off the first retaining portion and the second retaining portion in the longitudinal direction, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.