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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadamitsu Azema, Miyagi, JP;
Mayumi Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338160 ; 338184 ; 338199 ;
Abstract
A variable resistor provided with a click mechanism comprising a metallic bearing, a slide member, a holder to which the slide member is attached, a leaf spring being placed in a cavity formed in the bearing. A protrusion formed integrally with the leaf spring being resiliently contacted with plurality of grooves for click which are formed in a bottom of the bearing.