Patent ID: 7800583
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
1. A slide operation apparatus comprising: a box; a movable member holding device having at least one elongated movement guide provided in said box in a longitudinal direction of the box and guide supporting portions that support opposite ends of the movement guide; a movable member disposed in said box and slidably held by the movement guide of said movable member holding device; a position detecting device that detects a position of said movable member along the movement guide of said movable member holding device in said box; an operation knob member having an operation knob and fixed to said movable member; and at least one stopper fixed to said box and disposed close to at least one predetermined portion of the movable member with a predetermined spacing when said operation knob is not operated, wherein when a force is applied to said operation knob in a direction different from a direction in which the movement guide extends, the predetermined portion of the movable member is displaced so as to be in contact with said stopper, when the predetermined portion of the movable member is in contact with said stopper, displacement of the predetermined portion is restricted, and when the force applied to said operation knob in the direction different from the direction in which the movement guide extends is released, a spacing between the predetermined portion and said stopper is restored to the predetermined spacing produced when said operation knob is not operated.