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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Fujihara, Kyoto, JP;
Kazushi Maeta, Kyoto, JP;
Yohei Tsukanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Taiki Koyama, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a trigger switch that is incorporated into an electric device such as a power tool and drives a drive part such as a drive motor of the electric device, and is capable of adjusting the force required to press a trigger. A trigger switch TS includes a triggerthat moves from a release position in a pulling direction in response to a pulling operation, and a return springthat urges the triggerin a direction opposite to the pulling direction. The return springincluded in the trigger switch TS is pressed in the pulling direction by the movement of the triggerand increases the urging force in accordance with the force of pressing. The trigger switch TS includes an adjustment memberthat adjusts the urging force of the return springat the release position of the trigger