Patent ID: 6914203

Claim:
An operating button structure, comprising: a button operating member which is tiltably disposed in a housing; a plurality of switch contact portions which are provided on a substrate disposed to oppose the button operating member; and an intermediate member which is disposed between the button operating member and the switch contact portions movably in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and moves and presses at least one of the switch contact portions on the substrate in association with a pressing operation of the button operating member, wherein: the intermediate member comprises: a plurality of pressing portions which respectively oppose the plurality of switch contact portions, each of the plurality of pressing portions including a guide shaft guided in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; an attaching portion which attaches the intermediate member to the housing; and a connecting portion which connects the plurality of pressing portions and the attaching portions; the plurality of pressing portions, the attaching portion, and the connecting portion being integrally molded with resin; and the connecting portion acts as an elastic member which returns each pressing portion to a position where the pressing portion retracts from the switch contact portion when the pressing portion is not pressed by the button operating member.