A multi-directional input device includes an operation knob, a plurality of direction setting switches, and a sensation generation unit. The operation knob is configured to be operable in multiple operation directions. The plurality of direction setting switches are configured to be turned on by being pressed when the operation knob is operated. The sensation generation unit is configured to generate different operation sensation from operation sensation generated by the direction setting switches. Sensation is generated by the sensation generation unit after at least one of the plurality of direction setting switches has been turned on in a predetermined operation direction out of the multiple operation directions.

An operation device includes a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range, and a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts the movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that can be switched between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a second range, the second range being different from the first range, of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member.

A knob device for vehicle includes a knob unit and a locking unit. The knob unit includes a rotating cover, a rotary shaft and a motor configured to drive the rotating cover to vibrate. The locking unit includes a rotary wheel which includes a main body fixed to the rotary shaft and locking notches formed at a periphery of the main body. The locking notches are sunk from the periphery of the main body toward a center of the main body in radial directions of the main body. The locking unit further includes a locking pole configured to be inserted into one of the locking notches to block rotation of the rotary wheel, and an actuator configured to drive the locking pole to move. The knob device applies a locking unit which is capable of locking the rotary wheel, thereby realizing diverse use requirements.

A filtration system interconnection structure having a filter manifold including a sump housing and a first correlated magnet located on or connected to a portion of the manifold, and a filter cartridge including a filter media, first and second end caps sealed to the filter media, and a second, paired correlated magnet located on or connected to the filter cartridge housing body. The first and second correlated magnets are interconnected via magnetic communication upon insertion of the filter cartridge into the sump housing, and upon movement of the filter cartridge into an alignment position, the correlated magnet located on or connected to the manifold is permitted to translate as a result of the magnetic communication. The polarity profiles of the paired correlated magnets are aligned such that a repulsion force is created when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump housing.

There is described a tactile feedback actuator generally having a hammer path having a length extending between two opposite ends, a coil element fixedly mounted relative to the hammer path, a magnetic hammer guidingly mounted for movement along the hammer path. The magnetic hammer is electromagnetically engageable by a magnetic field emitted upon activation of the coil element so as to be longitudinally slid along the hammer path in any one of two opposite directions depending on a polarity of activation of the coil element. The tactile feedback actuator has at least one electropermanent magnet at at least one of the opposite ends of the hammer path, the electropermanent magnet having a magnetization direction aligned with the length of the hammer path, and at least one state toggling device configured for toggling a state of the electropermanent magnet between a magnetized state and an unmagnetized state.

To provide a lever switch that reduces collision sound when a switch moving body rotates while reducing the number of parts. A click feeling generator is made integrally of an elastic member and disposed inside a third case. An operation lever is operated to rotate the switch moving body with respect to the third case. The click feeling generator includes clicking surfaces that abut on a tip end of the switch moving body to impart a click feeling, a shoulder portion, and a low rigidity portion. A corner portion of the switch moving body in the rotation direction abuts on the corresponding low rigidity portion to limit a rotation range of the switch moving body.

A lever switch which is capable of preventing loud operating noise from being generated during stepwise operation of an operating lever. The lever switch has a case, a click feeling generator placed inside the case, and a switch moving body placed inside the case and rotated with respect to the case by operating the operating lever. The click feeling generator has trough portions that abut against a convex portion of the switch moving body. Click feelings are given by the convex portion of the switch moving body sequentially abutting against the trough portions in response to stepwise operations of the operating lever. The convex portion of the switch moving body is urged toward the click feeling generator. The click feeling generator and the case are placed away from each other with a space left between them in a direction in which the first case is urged.

The invention relates to an operating element (11) having a support part (13) which can be mounted on a device housing, in particular on a housing of a laboratory device, for example a laboratory stirrer, and having a rotary knob (15) which is held on the support part, is rotatable about an axis of rotation, is provided with a permanent magnet (17) and is additionally adjustable relative to the support part in the axial direction between a released position and a depressed position, wherein, as a result of a magnetic force acting between the support part and the rotary knob, the rotary knob can be reset from the depressed position into the released position.

The invention relates to an operating element (11) having a support part (13) which can be mounted on a device housing, in particular on a housing of a laboratory device, for example a laboratory stirrer, and having a rotary knob (15) which is held on the support part, is rotatable about an axis of rotation, is provided with a permanent magnet (17) and is additionally adjustable relative to the support part in the axial direction between a released position and a depressed position, wherein, as a result of a magnetic force acting between the support part and the rotary knob, the rotary knob can be reset from the depressed position into the released position.

A switch assembly comprises a button, a pivoting element, a first positioning element, and a second positioning element. The button has a first, second, and third states. The pivoting element extends from a height direction of the button, and has first and second contact parts arranged in the height direction. Surfaces of the first and second contact parts have different contours. The first positioning element and the second positioning element respectively correspond to the first contact part and the second contact part, and are movable relative to each other. A function of the first positioning element and a first positioning section of the first contact part is configuring the first state, and functions of the second positioning element and a second positioning section and a third positioning section of the second contact part are respectively configuring the second state and the third state.