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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:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hisato Shimomura, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338128 ; 200 / ;
Abstract
In the multi-way input device of the present invention, pivot shaft portions of an operating shaft and engaging portions of a second interlocking member are engaged with each other by snap-fitting to support the operating shaft in the second interlocking member. Thus, the operating shaft can be supported in the second interlocking member easily even by manual operation without requiring any special jig or the like.