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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2017
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takaki Tanaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switch device includes a casing that includes a recessed bearing portion, a rotatable drive member that includes a shaft portion disposed in the bearing portion, a switch driven by the drive member, and a covering member that includes a pressing structure provided so as to press an upper portion of the shaft portion and that is secured to the casing. The covering member includes an operating portion that faces the drive member such that the operating portion is able to press the drive member and that is formed of an elastically deformable elastic material and a base portion that is secured to the casing, that is formed of a synthetic resin material, and that is integrated with the operating portion. The pressing structure is integrated with the base portion and formed of an elastically deformable elastic material.