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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Akihiro Shinohe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Masahiro Soma, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operating device to be used, for example, as an input portion for a game controller. The operating device comprises a housing, a push button, and a switch base comprising a switch portion and a support base. The housing is provided with a support member for supporting the switch base and is also provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for preventing the push button from coming off to the exterior from the housing. The push button is provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the anti-dislodgement retaining portion of the housing and is also provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the support base in the switch base. The support base is provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for engagement with the retaining lug of the push button and is also provided with a guide portion. With this guide portion, the movement of the push button is guided in its pushing direction and is prevented from wobbling in the vertical direction.