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US 7,943,870 · App. 12/354,595 · Granted May 17, 2011

Switch device

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
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Patent No.
US 7,943,870
App. No.
12/354,595
Granted
May 17, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch device, includes a device main body incorporating a fixed pressure contact portion and includes a fixed sliding contact portion that forms a circuit together with the fixed pressure contact portion, and at least one pair of switches supported on the device main body, each switch comprising an operating knob. One switch of the at least one pair of switches includes a pressure-operated switch includes a movable pressure contact portion corresponding to the fixed pressure contact portion, and another switch includes a slide-operated switch includes a movable sliding contact portion corresponding to the fixed sliding contact portion.

Claims (14)

1. A switch device, comprising:

a device main body incorporating a fixed pressure contact portion and comprising a fixed sliding contact portion that forms a circuit together with the fixed pressure contact portion; and

at least one pair of switches supported on the device main body, each switch comprising an operating knob,

wherein one switch of the at least one pair of switches comprises a pressure-operated switch comprising a movable pressure contact portion corresponding to the fixed pressure contact portion,

another switch comprises a slide-operated switch comprising a movable sliding contact portion corresponding to the fixed sliding contact portion,

wherein the device main body comprises a sealed case including a base forming a bottom portion of a case, a switch panel forming a ceiling portion of the case by facing the base and an intermediate cylinder interposed between the switch panel and the base, the fixed sliding contact portion being provided in the base, and the fixed pressure contact portion being provided in the intermediate cylinder.

2. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the device main body houses a circuit board comprising the fixed pressure contact portion.

3. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the device main body comprises a connector to be connected to the circuit.

4. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the other switch comprises a knob holder provided with the movable sliding contact portion; and

the knob holder is slidably supported on a side surface of a fixed contact portion of the base.

5. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the other switch is a rotary switch in that an operating knob rotatably penetrates through the switch panel.

6. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the switch panel comprises a knob inset hole letting the operating knob of the other switch penetrate through.

7. The switch device according to claim 6 , wherein a sealing member is arranged in the knob inset hole of the switch panel, the sealing member being interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the knob inset hole and an outer peripheral surface of the operating knob of the other switch.

8. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the other switch is a seesaw switch or a slide switch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2009
From: WATANABE, RYOJI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
Reel/Frame 022115/0542 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-017511 · Jan 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090188780A1 · Jul 30, 2009