Switch device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11024472-B2
Application number	US-202016816689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2019
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

An operation element is disposed in a recess provided in a lower surface of a controller attached to a vehicle ceiling part, and the operation element comprises an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear, a protruding portion formed by the inclined portion, and provided on a vehicle front side of a point, on the operation element, that has an equal distance from opposite ends of the operation element in a front-back direction, and an operating rotary shaft disposed on a side of the protruding portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A switch device actuated by a tilt operation of an operation element, wherein the operation element is disposed in a recess provided in a lower surface of a controller attached to a vehicle ceiling part,
wherein
the operation element is supported in the recess by a support block,
the operation element comprises:
an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear;
a protruding portion that is formed by the inclined portion and that has a top that is a lowermost end of the inclined portion, the top being provided on a vehicle front side of a point on the operation element that has an equal distance from opposite ends of the operation element in a front-back direction; and
a rotary shaft disposed on a side of the protruding portion the vehicle front side of the point, the rotary shaft rotatably attaches the operation element to the support block,

the inclined portion forms a tilt operation surface that tilts so that the rotary shaft is at a center of rotation, and
the top is disposed on the inclined portion, on a vehicle front side of the rotary shaft a predetermined distance from the rotary shaft to the vehicle front.

2. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation element includes the tilt operation surface on a vehicle rear side of the rotary shaft.

3. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein a height position of the top of the protruding portion in an up-down direction is above a height position of the lower surface of the controller.

4. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein in the inclined portion of the operation element, a display through which light is transmittable is provided, and
on a back surface of the operation element, a light source that illuminates the display is provided.

5. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation element is supported in the recess by the support block, and the support block is slidable in the front-back direction.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Udo Takeshi

Classifications

• B60J7/057

  Driving or actuating arrangements (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. manually operated levers or knobs} · CPC title

• H01H2003/028

  Rotating knob or lever or tumbler that can be turned or pushed by hand in only one direction, e.g. by making inaccessible one side of a tumbler · CPC title

• H01H13/14 Primary

  Operating parts, e.g. push-button · CPC title

• B60J1/00

  Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor (B60J10/00 takes precedence; air curtains instead of windows B60J9/04 {; sealing strips for windshields B60J10/70; sealing sash guides for sliding window panes B60J10/74; glass partitions inside vehicles to protect occupants against personal attack B60R21/12}) · CPC title

• E05Y2400/854

  Switches · CPC title