Appeal No. 2001-2045 Page 6
Application No. 09/360,936
hole 17 so as to respectively protrude from two parallel edges of the through hole's
periphery to the inside of the through hole 17;4 a square cylinder-like bearing unit 20 is
rotatably supported on the base 10 by fittingly inserting the support shafts 18 into
coaxial bearing holes 21 formed in two parallel faces of the bearing unit 20; coaxial
shaft fitting holes 22 are formed in the other two parallel faces of the bearing unit
20;5 a tilting unit 30 is rotatably supported on the bearing unit 20 by fittingly inserting
rotation shafts 31 protruding from the tilting unit's base end into the shaft fitting holes
22;6 a flange 32 is formed on the outer periphery of the tilting unit 30;7 an operation
lever 40; and a cover 50.
The teachings of Schooley
Schooley's invention relates to a rugged elastomeric rocker switch assembly
particularly suited to hand held controllers such as a hand held radio controller.
4 On the printed board 2, the common axis of the two support shafts 18 is parallel to the line
passing the center of the circle of the eight select switches SWB.
5 The common axis of the two shaft fitting holes 22 intersects the axis of the support shafts 18 at
right angles in a plane parallel to the face of the printed board 2. The intersection of these axes
coincides with the center of the circle of the eight select switches SWB.
6 Because the tilting unit 30 is supported by the support shafts 18 and rotation shafts 31, which
intersect each other at right angles, the tilting unit 30 can be tilted in any desired direction with respect to
the base 10 about the intersection of the shafts 18 and 31 while the neutral posture perpendicular to the
printed board 2 is set as the reference.
7 In the neutral state wherein the tilting unit 30 is perpendicular to the printed board 2, the flange
32 simultaneously butts against all the tip ends of the eight operation pins 15 fitted into the base 10.
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