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US 9,544,478 B2Granted
Rotary dial apparatus, imaging apparatus-use body and imaging apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Yamaura, Koji Yasuda, Gaku Suzuki
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Abstract
The rotary dial apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a housing; a dial being rotatably held relative to the housing; a magnet rotating in accordance with rotation of the dial; and a magnetic sensor disposed in the housing and detecting rotation of the magnet. The magnet and the magnetic sensor are disposed in different regions from each other with a wall being interposed between the magnet and the magnetic sensor.
Claims6
A rotary dial apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a dial being rotatably held relative to the housing;
- a magnet rotating in accordance with rotation of the dial;
- a magnetic sensor disposed in the housing and detecting rotation of the magnet;
- a first gear integrally rotating with the dial;
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- a second gear meshing with the first gear and being different from the first gear in a diameter, wherein
- the magnet and the magnetic sensor are disposed in different regions from each other with a wall being interposed between the magnet and the magnetic sensor, and
- the magnet integrally rotates with the second gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.