Patent ID: 6037855
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
A rotary electric component having a groove for adjustment with a screw-driver, said rotary electric component comprising:a rotor having a screw-driver groove formed in an upper surface thereof and also having a central through hole;an electrically conductive pattern formed on an underside of said rotor;a support shaft inserted into said through hole of said rotor for rotatably supporting said rotor; andwherein said support shaft having a large diameter section with a larger diameter than a diameter of said thorough hole of the rotor and a small diameter section fitted to said through hole, said small diameter section being passed through said through hole to support a lower section of a circumferential edge of the through hole of said rotor at a step between said large diameter section and said small diameter section, and said rotor being fixed to said support shaft under a cooperative action by caulking said small diameter section projected from said rotor,a separate support member for fixedly supporting said support shaft or an integral support member with said support shaft, anda slider contact piece supported at said support member and slidingly contacted with said electrically conductive pattern.