Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switch device
- Patent Title (中): 开关装置
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Application No.: US14445886Application Date: 2014-07-29
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Publication No.: US09385711B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Seishi Sugiura
- Applicant: Kojima Industries Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Agent Eric D. Babych
- Priority: JP2013-165196 20130808
- Main IPC: H01H9/18
- IPC: H01H9/18 ; H03K17/96 ; H01H13/14 ; H01H3/02

Abstract:
A switch device includes a housing, a substrate, a single operation knob including an operation plate having operation indications provided thereon and moving in a direction toward and away from the substrate, a push switch fixed to the substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes to mounted on the substrate for sensing proximity of a finger and outputting a proximity signal, and a control circuit configured to output a command signal to an electrical circuit based on proximity signals from the respective touch electrodes when a press signal is input thereto. The sensing portions of the touch electrodes are disposed so as to form a space between the sensing portions and the operation plate when the operation knob is not depressed by a finger, and to come close to the operation plate when the operation knob is depressed by a finger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150041292A1 SWITCH DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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