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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeto Gorai, Miyagi, JP;
Tetsu Numata, Miyagi, JP;
Akihiro Kusaka, Miyagi, JP;
Shunsuke Kimura, Fukushima, JP;
Reiji Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an operation knobformed of silicone rubber is pushed laterally, a stemtilts with a contact portion (i) as a fulcrum, a push button portionis pushed, and a contact point in a switch mechanism portionoperates to turn on a switch circuit. Even if, by a large operating force Fbeing applied, the operation knobis extended and the inner surface portion, which is a ceiling surface of an internal spaceof the operation knob, rides on an upper end portion, a reinforcing surfaceprovided on the inner surface portionslides on the upper end portion, and the operation knobreturns to the initial shape.