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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Takata, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Takahiro Murakami, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshibumi Abe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yu Watanabe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Hideto Matsufusa, Tokyo, JP;
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection portion extends from an operation substrate, and a retaining groove of an elastic body is retained in a retaining hole of the connection portion. When a shaft portion of a retaining member is inserted into a through hole of the elastic body and screwed into an internally-threaded hole of a panel, an upper elastic portion of the elastic body is interposed between the connection portion and a support portion of the panel, and a lower elastic portion of the elastic body is interposed between the connection portion and an facing member. When an operation surface of the operation substrate is pressed, the connection portion rotates in a direction and the upper elastic portion and the lower elastic portion of the elastic body are compressed, whereby an appropriate operation reaction force and an elastic return force can be exerted.