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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masatsugu Takeuchi, Okayama, JP;
Hisashi Watanabe, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 2/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 2/504 ;
Abstract
A flange section presses a tip of one of four elastic arms upon tilting of a controlling unit formed of a stick and the flange section. The pressed elastic arm operates one of individual-switches disposed at four corners of a switch case. Each elastic arm extends from each side of the quadrangular switch case to at least a middle point of a side, which is adjacent and parallel to the arm. Using this structure, a four-directional control switch, which can effectively use a space in an electronic apparatus, can be obtained.