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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshibumi Abe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Zenko Motoki, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Minoru Sato, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Akira Kabamoto, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Jun Taniguchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Kohei Ishizawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Shinichi Nishimura, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yukiteru Yano, Tokyo, JP;
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an operation body is urged upward by a flat spring and is in a return position, a projection disposed on the operation body is held between opposing positioning portions and the position of the operation body in an X-direction is set. When the operation body is pressed at a position away from a central portion of the operation body in the X-direction, the operation body pivots on one of retaining structures downward. At this time, the projection moves away from the opposing positioning portions, and resistance against a pressing operation can thereby be reduced.