PRESSING AND ROTATING OPERATION TYPE ELECTRONIC PARTS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT USING THE ELECTRONIC PARTS

Title:

PRESSING AND ROTATING OPERATION TYPE ELECTRONIC PARTS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT USING THE ELECTRONIC PARTS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/011693

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A pressing and rotating operation type electronic parts and communication terminal equipment using the electronic parts, wherein a push switch part (37) is installed at the bottom center of a case (30), a rotation type encoder part (35) is formed around the push switch part, and a disc-like operation knob (39) is installed corotatably with the rotation type encoder part (35) but movably in vertical direction independently of it and, during the rotating operation, the peripheral part of the operation knob (39) is pressed down and, during the pressing operation, the center part of it is pressed down so as to operate both parts (35 and 37), whereby the different operating positions of one operation knob (39) having a small projection area can be rotated and pressed.

Inventors:

YOKOJI SHIGERU (JP)
TAMANO KOJI (JP)
MATSUI HIROSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1999/004425

Publication Date:

March 02, 2000

Filing Date:

August 18, 1999

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
YOKOJI SHIGERU (JP)
TAMANO KOJI (JP)
MATSUI HIROSHI (JP)

International Classes:

H01H25/00; G06F3/033; H01H25/06; H01H89/00; H04M1/02; H01H19/11; H01H25/04; H04M1/724; (IPC1-7): H01H25/00

Foreign References:

JPH071713Y2	1995-01-18
JPH0688031U	1994-12-22
JPH0817293A	1996-01-19
JPH08167348A	1996-06-25
JPH10149746A	1998-06-02
JPH10149748A	1998-06-02
JPH10199374A	1998-07-31
JPH0414328U	1992-02-05
JP2554359Y2	1997-11-17
JPH0664341U	1994-09-09
JPS5996618A	1984-06-04
JPH1064705A	1998-03-06
JPH08115641A	1996-05-07
JPH0935583A	1997-02-07
JPH08203387A	1996-08-09
JPH1083741A	1998-03-31

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