Patent ID: 11915893
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A multi-directional operation switch device that is slidable in four directions, the multi-directional operation switch device comprising:
a slider that is movable in the four directions;
four push switches that are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the four directions to detect a movement of the slider; and
four pressing members that are each provided between the slider and a corresponding one of the four push switches,
wherein the slider includes four side face portions, each side face portion intersecting a first axis or a second axis, the first axis and the second axis each extending in at least one of the four directions,
each of the four side face portions includes a sloped region that is sloped toward a center of the slider,
the four push switches include movable portions that are provided in one-to-one correspondence, each movable portion self-returning and moving to an original position of the movable portion when pressing is released, and
each of the four pressing members is in contact with a corresponding one of the movable portions and a corresponding one of the four side face portions.