Patent ID: 6037552
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A see-saw button device for electronic equipment including a box fitted with a button and a board mounted with two switches, wherein said button has two press portions thereon, shafts serving as a see-saw fulcrum of said button are provided along a rib formed at an intermediate portion of said two button press portions, said two switches each having an operating portion on an end face thereof are mounted on said board such that said operating portions oppose each other, said two switches are separated by a distance larger than a thickness of said rib of said button, cantilevered elastic members projecting from two sides of said rib of said button in a see-saw operating direction and each of said cantilevered elastic members having a size not larger than that of a button press surface, a contact portion being formed in a notch where said button of said box is to be mounted, and at least one of said cantilevered elastic members being constantly in contact with said contact portion.