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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Takuya Maeda, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A manual inputting device which includes a sun gear, three planet gears, a motor having an output shaft thereof fixed to the sun gear, a ring gear casing integrally forming a ring gear on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a carrier rotated along with revolution of the planet gears, a carrier shaft mounted on the carrier, a restricting member facing the carrier in an opposed manner while sandwiching the planet gears therebetween, a knob fixed to the carrier shaft, a code plate integrally formed with the sun gear, a light emitting section, a light receiving section, a connector for outputting detection signals generated from the light receiving section, a board connecting these components thereto, a body casing, a bracket served for fixing the motor to the body casing, and a control unit for controlling the motor in response to detection signals from the light receiving section.