Patent ID: 8624135
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: F16H,H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch unit for detecting movement of a target object in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, said switch unit comprising: a first movable body arranged to move in the first direction together with the movement of the target object in the first direction; a first substrate provided with a first detecting unit for detecting a position of the first movable body in the first direction; a second movable body arranged to move in the second direction together with the movement of the target object in the second direction; and a second substrate provided with a second detecting unit for detecting a position of the second movable body in the second direction, wherein the first detecting unit includes a plurality of first fixed contact points arranged side by side along the first direction, the first movable body being connectable to the first fixed contact points such that a connection state between the first movable body and the first fixed contact points varies with the position of the first movable body; and the second connecting unit includes a plurality of second fixed contact points arranged side by side within a plane extending in the second direction, the second movable body being connectable to the second fixed contact points such that a connection state between the second movable body and the second fixed contact points varies with the position of the second movable body.