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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Ishigure, Aichi, JP;
Yoshio Chiba, Aichi, JP;
Akio Nishiyama, Aichi, JP;
Yasuaki Nadaya, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshihiko Kosugi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeo Shigeyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadashi Okubo, Aichi-ken, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A switch device includes a cylindrical movable lever-portion that is operable in multiple directions, a unit case that supports the movable lever-portion, and a flexible printed circuit board routed from an inside of the movable lever-portion to an inside of the unit case. A routed portion of the flexible printed circuit board to be routed inside the unit case includes a stress absorber configured to absorb a stress applied to the flexible printed circuit board. The stress absorber includes a plurality of curved portions curved in opposite directions to each other.