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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Masaki Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Yoritsune, Okayama, JP;
Yusuke Morinishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Yoritsune, Okayama, JP;
Yusuke Morinishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A switching device having a central actuator and two outer actuators disposed separately from the central actuator on two sides, wherein the central actuator is a cylindrical dial () supported rotatably and depressibly by a pair of spindle bearings () included in a base plate; the base plate () supporting the dial () is fitted in a frame; the outer actuators are pivotable in a direction approximately perpendicular to a direction in which the three actuators are arrayed and about a pivot approximately perpendicular to a direction in which operating surfaces of the outer acutators are pushed to press a contact () disposed on the frame; and each of the outer actuators has a to-be-supported piece () extending to a position where the outer actuator deviates from a lateral edge of the dial () in the rotating direction as viewed from the front. The outer actuator is pivotally attached at the end of the to-be-supported piece () to the frame () and has a center axis crossing the pair of spindle bearings of the central actuator.