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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Panasonic I-pro Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhito Oomori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Tobimatsu, Fukuoka, JP;
Noboru Takada, Fukuoka, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Izumi Sato, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A pressing switch mechanism includes a housing, a board that is accommodated in the housing, a switch portion that is fixed to the board and generates a click feeling according to pressing a pressed portion in a direction approaching the board, and an operation plate which includes a bowl-shaped recessed surface that is recessed from a surface of the housing, of which an outer peripheral edge is supported by the housing, which is displaceably bent in the direction approaching the board, and in which a bottom wall portion of the recessed surface protruding inward the housing is in contact with the pressed portion.