Patent ID: 11967475
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A switch device, comprising:
at least one operating knob mounted on a vehicle for receiving an operation for a device to be controlled;
a detection unit having sensing portions attached to the operating knob to detect an operation position on the operating knob;
a housing in a recessed portion of which the operating knob is housed and rotatably supported; and
a control unit to control the device to be controlled in response to the operation position detected by the detection unit,
wherein the operating knob comprises a central portion protruding relative to both ends along a direction intersecting an operation receiving direction and rotates by receiving a pull-up operation or a push-down operation as the operation, and
wherein the at least one operating knob is arranged in a front-rear direction of the vehicle such that an operating portion of the operating knob arranged on a rear side in the front-rear direction is positioned at a different height in a vertical direction of the vehicle than an operating portion of the operating knob arranged on a front side in the front-rear direction, and each of the operating portions includes a sensing portion.