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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Takumi Nishimoto, Okayama, JP;
Koji Ono, Okayama, JP;
Jun Sato, Okayama, JP;
Tetsuya Fukuda, Okayama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A multiple operation switch that provides electric signal in accordance with the angle of tilting an operating rod protruding from the front panel of an electronic apparatus. The switch comprises a lower case provided at the recessed bottom with a lower switching portion formed of a movable contact and a first fixed contact point. A movable contact body is provided with a conductive flange that makes contact, when tilted by the operating rod, in part with at least two of the second fixed contact points disposed on the reverse surface of upper case. Which movable contact body is supported at the conductive flange by a holding member pushed upward by a coil spring provided in the lower case so that it is engaged in a tiltable manner with an upper case. The second fixed contact points and the conductive flange constitute an upper switching portion.
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