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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A push and rotary operating type electronic device comprises a push switch unit composed in a center of a bottom surface of a case , a rotary encoder unit composed at a periphery of the push switch unit, a discoidal operating knob mounted in a manner to be independently movable vertically, while also rotatable conjunctly with the rotary encoder unit , wherein the both component units and are operative by depression on a peripheral portion of the operating knob during a rotary manipulation and a center portion of the same in a depressing manipulation. Communication terminal equipment uses this push and rotary operating type electronic device. This structure realizes a small projected area, and allows the rotary manipulation and the depressing manipulation by operating different portions of the single operating knob