Patent ID: 8208255

Claim:
A remote control apparatus for operating electronic hardware, comprising: a remote control main body; a cover covering a front surface of the remote control main body; a plurality of switches provided on at least one of the remote control main body or the cover and switching by pressing force; a bias means for making bias in a direction that a portion of the cover or the remote control main body contacting the switch when the switch is pressed and the switch are separated from each other; and a regulation means for regulating movement to the direction that the contacting portion and the switch are separated from each other, and thereby, maintaining a distance between the contacting portion and the switch to be constant with the bias means, the cover being openably attached to the remote control main body and covering the front surface of the remote control main body when closed and exposing the front surface when opened, one part of the cover being pressed to the remote control main body in the closed state of the cover and thereby being displaced to the remote control main body, and by the displacement, the cover or the remote control main body pressing any one of the plurality of switches, and another part of the cover being pressed to the remote control main body in the closed state of the cover and thereby being displaced to the remote control main body, and by the displacement, the cover or the remote control main body pressing another one of the plurality of switches.