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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8981247
APP PUB NO 20130228440A1
SERIAL NO

13776234

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A rear operation body is attached on a rear portion of a front case via a pair of front supporting plate springs. A front operation body is provided in a frontward of the front case and the front operation body and the rear operation body are connected via a penetration portion. A rear case is provided in a rearward of the front case, and a rear supporting plate spring is provided in the rear case. A flexible print substrate is provided in a frontward thereof and a plurality of detection members are mounted on the flexible print substrate. When an operation surface of the front operation body is pressed, the front supporting plate springs are deformed. Thereby, the rear operation body is moved such that any of the plurality of detection members is operated.

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ALPS ALPINE CO LTD1-7 YUKIGAYA-OTSUKAMACHI OTA-KU TOKYO 145-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sano, Tadashi Miyagi-Ken, JP 64 557

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