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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Takashi Ichihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Ichihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 19/11 (2006.01); F24F 11/053 (2006.01); G05D 23/12 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes an operation dial, a board disposed at an inner position from the operation dial, a rotary encoder disposed on a surface of the board on the side opposite to the operation dial side, and a connection member which engages with an encoder shaft of the rotary encoder and is connected with the operation dial. The electronic apparatus is capable of reducing a projection of the operation dial from a surface of an operation panel and thus improving design of the electronic apparatus.