Push switch
AssigneesTokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd., Alpha Corporation
InventorsTakahisa Kitahara, Toshiyuki Muto, Kenji Mizushima
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Abstract
A push switch is provided with a button (10), a switch board (20), a switch (30) provided on the switch board (20), and a switch cover (40) disposed in the button (10) and covering the switch (30). A corner portion (44) between a side wall (43) and a upper wall (42) of the switch cover (40) is formed in a curved shape. A protruding pressing portion (13) of the button (10) is inserted into a through hole (41) provided on an upper wall (42) of the switch cover (40). A lower surface of the pressing portion (13) faces an operating portion (31) of the switch (30).
Claims5
A push switch comprising:
- a soft button having a side peripheral wall, an upper operating wall, and an opening portion on a lower surface;
- a switch board attached to the opening portion of the button;
- a switch provided on the switch board;
- a case fixed to the side peripheral wall of the button;
- and
- a hard switch cover disposed in the button and covering the switch,
- wherein the switch cover has a side wall, an upper wall, and a corner portion formed in a curved shape between the side wall and the upper wall,
- wherein a pressing portion protruded inward from the upper operating wall of the button is inserted into a through hole provided on the upper wall of the switch cover, and a lower surface of the pressing portion faces an operating portion of the switch, and
- wherein a distance in a transverse direction between the pressing portion of the button and a peripheral wall of the through hole of the switch cover is greater than a distance in the transverse direction between the side peripheral wall of the button and the side wall of the switch cover.
A push switch comprising;
- a soft button having a side peripheral wall, an upper operating wall, and an opening portion on a lower surface;
- a switch board attached to the opening portion of the button;
- a switch provided on the switch board;
- a case fixed to the side peripheral wall of the button;
- and
- a hard switch cover disposed in the button and covering the switch,
- wherein the switch cover has a side wall, an upper wall, and a corner portion formed in a curved shape between the side wall and the upper wall,
- wherein a pressing portion protruded inward from the upper operating wall of the button is inserted into a through hole provided on the upper wall of the switch cover, and a lower surface of the pressing portion faces an operating portion of the switch,
- wherein a step portion is formed on an inside of the side peripheral wall of the button,
- wherein the switch cover has a peripheral edge portion protruded outward from the side wall, and
- wherein the peripheral edge portion of the switch cover is interposed between the step portion of the button and the switch board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.