H01H2300/01

Input device
12482616 · 2025-11-25 · ·

An input device includes housing; operation nob; cam member swingable in a direction intersecting with pivoting direction of operation knob, and performing swinging as first movement in response to operation knob pivoting in first angular range and performing swinging as second movement succeeding first movement in response to operation knob pivoting in second angular range; substrate; first switch on substrate, switched on in conjunction with first movement of cam member; and second switch on substrate, switched on in conjunction with second movement of cam member. When operation force is ceased, operation knob is automatically restored by restoring forces from first and second switches. Input device includes: first actuator to be slid in conjunction with first movement of cam member to push first switch perpendicularly to substrate; and second actuator to be slid in conjunction with second movement of cam member to push second switch perpendicularly to substrate.

ACTUATOR SWITCH
20250357059 · 2025-11-20 ·

An actuator switch includes a first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first toggle position in a first direction and a second toggle position in a second direction and a third toggle position in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions and a fourth toggle position in a fourth direction opposite the third direction. A first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first position in an upward direction and a second position in a downward direction. A keypad includes a first group of two electrical contacts each associated with the second switch member and a second group of four electrical contacts each of which is associated with the first switch member.