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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Seungryong Noh, Incheon, KR;
Seung Hai Hwang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Takahiro Nishimura, Okayama, JP;
Tomohiro Meigi, Oyayama, JP;
Jun Sato, Oyayama, JP;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A control knob device that may be used in a vehicle to control audio volume or the like includes a shaft connected with a knob cap, an elastic member pressed by the shaft to be elastically deformed, and a switch located adjacent to the elastic member. The switch includes a switch part configured to output a signal upon a deformation of the elastic member. A deformable member deformed by a load greater than that when the elastic member is deformed and the switch outputs the signal, is configured to change a relative position between the knob cap and the shaft.