Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Thk Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Ohara

Soshi Miyahara

Hideyasu Hayashi

Katsutoshi Usui

Akira Kaneko

Kenji Maemine

A push switch includes a movable contact member, a first fixed contact, and a second fixed contact. The push switch is in a first contact state in a first contact position where the movable contact member contacts the first fixed contact, and is in a second contact state in a second contact position where the movable contact member contacts the second fixed contact. The push switch is not switched to an on state in response to transitioning from an off state to the first contact state, and is switched to the on state in response to further transitioning to the second contact state, and the push switch is not switched from the on state to the off state in response to the second contact state being released, and is switched from the on state to the off state in response to the first contact state being further released.

Push switch and push switch system

A push switch includes a housing including a bottom wall and a side wall, the housing extending in a first axis direction and a second axis direction in a plan view, and a fixed contact member configured to come into contact with a movable contact member, the fixed contact member being embedded in the bottom wall of the housing by insert molding, wherein the fixed contact member includes: a first terminal exposed to an outside from a first end portion in the first axis direction of the housing; and first extension portions, constituting a pair, that are both ends of the first terminal in the second axis direction, the first extension portions being bent upward and being embedded in the bottom wall or the side wall of the housing, or in both the bottom wall and the side wall of the housing, by the insert molding.

Push switch

A push switch includes a case having a housing space with an upper opening, fixed contacts provided at a bottom of the housing space in the case, a movable contact member having a dome-shaped member, the movable contact member being disposed in the housing space, and having a central portion that is brought into contact with the fixed contacts by inverting the movable contact member in response to the movable contact member being pushed by an operator, and a pushing member is disposed above the movable contact member, and the pushing member is configured to push the movable contact portion directly or through other portions upon being pushed by the operator. The pushing member pushes a portion being situated outside of a central portion of the movable contact member directly or through other portions.

A push switch includes a housing, a fixed contact member, a movable contact member, and a first pressing member. The housing includes an opening and a compartment, the movable contact member includes a dome that protrudes toward the opening and is invertible, and the first pressing member includes a first fulcrum portion, a first load portion, and a first effort portion. The first fulcrum portion is disposed on one side of the first pressing member to contact the housing, the first load portion is disposed on another side of the first pressing member to press the movable contact member, and the first effort portion is disposed between the first fulcrum portion and the first load portion. Upon the first effort portion being pressed through the opening, the first load portion presses and inverts the dome of the movable contact member, and the movable contact member contacts the fixed contact member.

A switch includes a housing including a bottom surface and a protrusion formed on the bottom surface, a board that is placed on the bottom surface of the housing and includes a fixed contact, the board and the protrusion being fitted together, a movable contact that is disposed to cover at least portions of the fixed contact and the protrusion and configured to be inverted, and an operation part that presses the movable contact toward the fixed contact.

Switch housing protrusion secures board with fixed contact

A linear guideincludes: a track railhaving a ball rolling groove; a movable blockhaving a loaded ball rolling grooveopposing the ball rolling groove, an unloaded ball rolling grooveextending in parallel with the direction in which the ball rolling grooveextends, and a direction change guide grooveconnecting the loaded ball rolling grooveand the unloaded ball rolling groove; and a plurality of ballsarrayed on an endless circulating path including a loaded ball rolling path, an unloaded ball rolling path, and a direction change pathformed by the track railand the movable block. The direction change pathhas a plurality of change points where the track changes. By having this configuration, it is possible to provide a linear guide which does not require an end plate.

Motion guide device

To provide a pressing type input device including: a load sensor which outputs a signal corresponding to an operation load from an operation member; a biasing member which generates an initial load with respect to the load sensor; a pressing member which presses the load sensor by receiving a biasing force of the biasing member; and a support member which oscillatably supports the pressing member, in which the pressing member has a pressed portion to receive the operation load from the operation member and a press portion to press the load sensor, and the operation load applied to the pressed portion causes a force to act on the press portion in a direction to reduce the initial load on the load sensor, in a position supported by the support member as fulcrum.

Pressing type input device

A mounting structure is provided to mount, on the same circuit board, two types of electrical parts in each of which an operating member is rotatably supported by a housing including sliders and a conductive pattern, such as a contact pattern, and which are similar in arrangement of terminals to extend terminal-insertion holes of the circuit board. Each of the electrical parts has a positioning protrusion protruding from its bottom face, and the position of the positioning protrusion differs according to the type of the electrical part. In a mounting region of the circuit board for each electrical part, a positioning hole is provided in which only the positioning protrusion of the corresponding electrical part can be inserted. Preferably, the positioning protrusion protrudes from a bottom face of a bottom plate member attached at the bottom of the housing.

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Miyagi, Japan

Hiroshi Ohara