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Granted Patent B2
US 8,963,030 · App. 13/772,492 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Push switch

Inventor: Takahisa Kitahara (Isesaki, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
H01H13/04H01H13/52H01H2221/044H01H2221/05H01H2227/034
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Patent No.
US 8,963,030
App. No.
13/772,492
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A push switch comprising: a switch disposed on a seat; a cylindrical case that accommodates the seat and the switch; and a soft button comprising a side peripheral wall mounted on top of the case, and an upper operating wall, wherein the switch comprises a main portion and an operating portion that projects up from the main portion; the upper operating wall comprises a pressing portion that presses the operating portion; the seat comprises a base on which the switch is placed, a cover that is positioned around the main portion, and an upper wall that is positioned on the upper portion of the cover and covers the switch; the upper wall comprises a through-hole in a position corresponding to the operating portion; and the operating portion and the pressing portion face through the through-hole.

Claims (17)

1. A push switch comprising:

a switch disposed on a seat;

a cylindrical case that accommodates the seat and the switch; and

a soft button comprising a side peripheral wall mounted on top of the case, and an upper operating wall; and

wherein the switch comprises a main portion, and an operating portion that projects up from the main portion;

wherein the upper operating wall comprises a pressing portion that presses the operating portion;

wherein the seat comprises a base formed from a hard resin, on which the switch is placed, a cover that is positioned around the main portion, and an upper wall that is positioned on the upper portion of the cover and covers the switch;

wherein the upper wall comprises a through-hole in a position corresponding to the operating portion, and a gap is disposed and provided in the interior of the upper operating wall;

wherein the operating portion and the pressing portion face through the through-hole; and

wherein the cover is in contact with the main portion of the switch.

2. The push switch recited in claim 1 , wherein the main portion is cuboid having two first-side faces that face each other and two second-side faces that face each other; and

wherein the switch has two first-terminals drawn from one of the two first-side faces and two second-terminals drawn from another one of the two first-side faces;

wherein for each one terminal among said two first-terminals and said two second-terminals the cover is provided with a recess in a position corresponding to said one terminal, said recess following an embedding direction of the switch,

wherein a first-projection portion of the cover occurs between said two first-terminals and a second-projection portion of the cover occurs between said two second-terminals.

3. The push switch recited in claim 2 , wherein said cover is on contact with said two second-side faces.

4. The push switch recited in claim 1 , wherein an outwardly convex curved face is provided on the upper corner of the through-hole.

5. The push switch recited in claim 3 , wherein an outwardly convex curved face is provided on the upper corner of the through-hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2013
From: KITAHARA, TAKAHISA
To: TOKYO PARTS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030334/0956 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-066566 · Mar 23, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130248336A1 · Sep 26, 2013