Patent ID: 7635821
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A remote controller comprising: a plurality of operating buttons operating an electronic apparatus by remote control; a circuit transmitting a signal corresponding to each of the operating buttons; a light lighting each of the operating buttons; a tact switch actuating said light; a lighting button pressing said tact switch so as to turn on said light; a board mounting said circuit, said light and said tact switch thereon; a case storing said board in an inner portion and holding said operating button and said lighting button so as to protrude to an outer portion in such a manner as to be operable by pressing; and said lighting button being arranged at a position with which a finger is in contact at a time of gripping said case by a hand in a used mode in an opposite side of said case to said operating button, wherein said tact switch is arranged at a facing position of said board to said lighting button, a pressing portion pressing said tact switch is integrally provided in a center portion of said lighting button, and an arm portion protruding to an opposite side to said tact switch is integrally provided in one end portion of said lighting button, wherein a flange portion protruding to an opposite side to said arm portion and said tact switch is integrally provided in the other end portion in an opposite side to the one end portion of said lighting button, a support portion rotatably supporting a tip of said arm portion so as to be vertically rotatable with respect to said board is integrally provided at a position of said case facing to said arm portion, and a hook portion having a weaker elastic force than said tact switch is integrally provided at a position of said case facing to said flange portion, wherein said arm portion is rotatably supported by said support portion, said pressing portion is supported by said tact switch from said board side, said flange portion is supported by said hook portion from an opposite side to said board, and said lighting button is made immovable in a state of freely swing by a pressing operation so as to be held, and wherein the supporting point of said arm portion by said support portion is moved away from the supporting point of said pressing portion by said tact switch, and the supporting point of said flange portion by said hook portion is moved close to the supporting point of said pressing portion by said tact switch.