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Title:
SWITCH DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/058894
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A switch device that has: switch parts 30, 40 that are installed in a steering wheel 8 of a vehicle 5 and comprise operation knobs 31, 41 and piezo elements 32, 42 that act as electromagnetic elements that detect operation of the operation knobs 31, 41 and make the operation knobs 31, 41 vibrate; and a control unit 100 that makes the operation knobs 31, 41 vibrate. Under prescribed conditions, the control unit 100 performs control that makes the piezo elements 32, 42 vibrate such that vibration is transmitted to the steering wheel 8 and to the hands of an operator that is a passenger that is holding the steering wheel 8.

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Inventors:
KATSUYAMA TATSUSHI (JP)
NAGAO TAKASHI (JP)
EGAWA TETSUYA (JP)
MORI TAKEYOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/031792
Publication Date:
March 28, 2019
Filing Date:
August 28, 2018
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Assignee:
TOKAI RIKA CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
H01H9/16; B60R16/02; B62D1/08; G05G1/02; G05G5/03; H01H13/02; H01H13/08
Foreign References:
JP2014046867A2014-03-17
JP2009298380A2009-12-24
JP2014069625A2014-04-21
JP2010137774A2010-06-24
JPH0710007A1995-01-13
JP2000168468A2000-06-20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIRATA & PARTNERS (JP)
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