Switch device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8674245
APP PUB NO 20120175227A1
SERIAL NO

13347372

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A switch device includes a switch shifting a pair of input and output terminals in a housing and a manipulation knob for shifting the switch. The manipulation knob includes a rotating member rotatable to a plurality of rotating positions relative to the housing and a sliding member rotating with the rotating member and slidable along both positive and negative directions at each of the plurality of rotating positions, so that the manipulation knob is interconnected with a rotary shaft member which rotates with the rotating member. The switch gives an output corresponding to each direction according to the sliding of the sliding member in both the positive and negative directions even though the manipulation knob is at any one of the plurality of rotating positions. The rotary shaft member has a shifting unit for driving an external shifting mechanism accompanied by the rotating.

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  • ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Komatsu, Shinji Miyagi-ken, JP 19 150

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