IP Library Granted Patent US 11,599,135
Granted Patent B2
US 11,599,135 · App. 17/186,665 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Rotation operation device

Inventors: Ryuichi Izumi (Hamamatsu, JP); Yoshihiro Suzuki (Iwata, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
G05G1/10G05G1/015H05K1/18H05K2201/10151H05K2201/10901
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Patent No.
US 11,599,135
App. No.
17/186,665
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotation operation device includes: a rotation shaft including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; a knob having conductivity, the knob being provided at the first end portion of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate the rotation shaft; a touch sensor configured to detect a contact with the knob; and an elastic body having conductivity, the elastic body including a first end connected to the knob and a second end connected to the touch sensor. The knob includes a surface facing in the axial direction of the rotation shaft towards the second end portion of the rotation shaft, the surface of the knob includes a recess portion recessed in the axial direction, and the first end of the elastic body is disposed in the recess portion.

Claims (29)

1. A rotation operation device comprising:

a rotation shaft including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a knob having conductivity, the knob being provided at the first end portion of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate the rotation shaft;

a touch sensor configured to detect a contact with the knob; and

an elastic body having conductivity, the elastic body including a first end connected to the knob and a second end connected to the touch sensor,

wherein the knob includes a surface facing in the axial direction of the rotation shaft towards the second end portion of the rotation shaft, the surface of the knob includes a recess portion recessed in the axial direction, and the first end of the elastic body is disposed in the recess portion, and

wherein the knob includes:

a knob main body having conductivity, the knob main body including the recess portion and being attached to the first end portion of the rotation shaft; and

a plate member having conductivity, the plate member being fixed to the knob main body at a bottom surface of the recess portion.

2. The rotation operation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the elastic body and the plate member includes a metal member, and

the knob main body includes a conductively plated resin member.

3. The rotation operation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic body has a cylindrical shape and surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft, and

a diameter of the first end of the elastic body is larger than a diameter of the second end of the elastic body.

4. The rotation operation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a rotation position detector configured to detect a rotation position of the rotation shaft.

5. The rotation operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation shaft is non-conductive.

6. A rotation operation device comprising:

a rotation shaft including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a knob having conductivity, the knob being provided at the first end portion of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate the rotation shaft;

a touch sensor configured to detect a contact with the knob;

a base portion that includes the touch sensor; and

an elastic body having conductivity, the elastic body including a first end connected to the knob and a second end connected to the touch sensor,

wherein the knob includes a surface facing in the axial direction of the rotation shaft towards the second end portion of the rotation shaft, the surface of the knob includes a recess portion recessed in the axial direction, and the first end of the elastic body is disposed in the recess portion, and

wherein the elastic body has a cylindrical shape and surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft, and

the second end of the elastic body is fixed to the base portion.

7. The rotation operation device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the elastic body includes a coil spring that surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft, and

the second end of the elastic body is soldered to the base portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2021
From: IZUMI, RYUICHI; SUZUKI, YOSHIHIRO
To: YAMAHA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-045710 · Mar 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210286396A1 · Sep 16, 2021