Patent ID: 6621016
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A complex operation input device provided with an operating member, a rotary electrical part manipulated with the operating member a double-action push switch unit manipulated with the operating member, and a driver arranged between the key top and the carrier member and capable of shifting in the direction of the rotation axis,wherein the rotary electrical part and the double-action push switch unit are arranged in a layered state in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotary electrical part, wherein the operating member comprises a rotatable knob and a key top shiftable in the direction of the rotation axis, wherein the rotary electrical part is operated by rotation of the knob and wherein the double-action push switch unit is operated by the shifting of the key top, wherein the double-action push switch unit comprises two, first and second, push switch parts differing from each other in operating force, wherein a carrier member is provided to support the double-action push switch unit, wherein the carrier member has a plate, and wherein over the plate the first and second push switch parts are arranged in a layered state in the direction of the rotation axis, and wherein the first and second push switch parts are arranged above and underneath the driver, one above and the other underneath, with the driver in between.