(19)
(11) EP 1 094 483 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/17

(21) Application number: 00122733.9

(22) Date of filing: 18.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01H 25/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.10.1999 JP 29628699

(71) Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Tokyo 145-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kawase, Tatsuaki, c/o Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Kuroda, Yoshimasa, c/o Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)

   


(54) Combined control-type electronic component


(57) There is provided a combined control-type electronic component which has a base made of resin to be installed on a circuit board. Installed on the base are a push switch unit, a rotary encoder unit which generates signals when a roller is turned, and externally connecting terminals which transmit signals, outputted from the push switch unit and the rotary encoder unit, to the outside. The roller is supported by a stepped shaft with a rotation axis disposed generally parallel to the surface of the circuit board. The stepped shaft is cantilevered to a base of a guide member, which in turn is supported by the base so that the roller can move in an orthogonal direction relative to the rotation axis of the stepped shaft. When the roller is pushed, the guide member is displaced, which causes the push switch unit to function.






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