Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Push and lock unit and input device using the same
- Patent Title (中): 推动和锁定单元和输入设备使用它
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Application No.: US13688651Application Date: 2012-11-29
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Publication No.: US08969749B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Hisashi Nishikawa , Shinya Sato
- Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Panasonic Patent Center
- Priority: JP2011-266586 20111206; JP2012-124098 20120531
- Main IPC: H01H13/58
- IPC: H01H13/58 ; F16H25/12 ; G05G7/08 ; H01H3/08

Abstract:
A push & lock unit includes cam sections mounted on an outer wall of a rotary body that is disposed on an underside of an operating body, and each one of the cam sections contacts a saw-tooth section disposed on a lower end of a rib on an inner wall of a cover and a projection disposed at a bottom center of a housing in response to an up and down movement of the operating body, whereby the rotary body is rotated. When the operating body is pushed, a push face thereof is locked at a position almost flush with an outer face of a panel. When the operating body is pushed once more, it is released from the lock, and restores to a state where the operating body projects from the outer face of the panel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130139621A1 PUSH & LOCK UNIT AND INPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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