IP Library Granted Patent US 12,079,025
Granted Patent B2
US 12,079,025 · App. 17/894,906 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Input device

Inventors: Mayuko Okada (Fukui, JP); Hidekatsu Natami (Kanagawa, JP); Toshio Osawa (Kanagawa, JP); Daiki Kaburagi (Fukui, JP); Mitsuo Kodama (Fukui, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
G05G9/04B60Q1/0076H01H19/14H01H19/20H01H19/36H01H2221/014H01H2231/026
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Patent No.
US 12,079,025
App. No.
17/894,906
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device includes: a rotating member that rotates about a predetermined rotation axis; and a mover that includes a protrusion protruding toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member and moves in a direction different from a rotation direction of the rotating member along with rotation of the rotating member. The protrusion protrudes toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member. The rotating member includes a first projection and a second projection that project from the inner peripheral surface toward the mover. The protrusion of the mover is inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis and disposed between the first projection and the second projection.

Claims (39)

1. An input device comprising:

a rotating member that rotates about a predetermined rotation axis; and

a mover that includes a protrusion and moves in a direction different from a rotation direction of the rotating member along with rotation of the rotating member, the protrusion protruding toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member, wherein

the rotating member includes a first projection and a second projection that project from the inner peripheral surface toward the mover,

the protrusion of the mover is inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis and disposed between the first projection and the second projection, and

a straight line that connects the first projection and the second projection is inclined with respect to the predetermined axis.

2. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein

the mover moves in a direction substantially parallel to the predetermined rotation axis, along with the rotation of the rotating member.

3. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first projection and the second projection each include a spherical portion that contacts the protrusion.

4. The input device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first projection includes:

a first column member that projects from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member toward the mover; and

a first sphere member at a distal end of the first column member, the first sphere member having a diameter longer than a diameter of the first column member, and

the second projection includes:

a second column member that projects from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member toward the mover; and

a second sphere member at a distal end of the second column member, the second sphere member having a diameter longer than a diameter of the second column member.

5. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein

the protrusion tapers toward both ends of the protrusion in a direction inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis, as viewed from a protruding direction of the protrusion.

6. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein

a protruding length of the protrusion from a center portion toward both ends of the protrusion gradually decreases in a direction inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis, as viewed from a direction perpendicular to a protruding direction of the protrusion.

7. An input device comprising:

a rotating member that rotates about a predetermined rotation axis; and

a mover that includes a protrusion and moves in a direction different from a rotation direction of the rotating member along with rotation of the rotating member, the protrusion protruding toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member, wherein

the rotating member includes a first projection and a second projection that project from the inner peripheral surface toward the mover,

the protrusion of the mover is inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis and disposed between the first projection and the second projection,

the first projection and the second projection each include a spherical portion that contacts the protrusion, and

the first projection includes:

a first column member that projects from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member toward the mover; and

a first sphere member at a distal end of the first column member, the first sphere member having a diameter longer than a diameter of the first column member, and

the second projection includes:

a second column member that projects from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating member toward the mover; and

a second sphere member at a distal end of the second column member, the second sphere member having a diameter longer than a diameter of the second column member.

8. An input device comprising:

a rotating member that rotates about a predetermined rotation axis; and

a mover that includes a protrusion and moves in a direction different from a rotation direction of the rotating member along with rotation of the rotating member, the protrusion protruding toward an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member, wherein

the rotating member includes a first projection and a second projection that project from the inner peripheral surface toward the mover,

the protrusion of the mover is inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis and disposed between the first projection and the second projection, and

the protrusion tapers toward both ends of the protrusion in a direction inclined with respect to the predetermined rotation axis, as viewed from a protruding direction of the protrusion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: OKADA, MAYUKO; NATAMI, HIDEKATSU; OSAWA, TOSHIO; KABURAGI, DAIKI; KODAMA, MITSUO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062134/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-147853 · Sep 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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